As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 6/16/20  American Equity Inv Life Hold… Co 8-A12B                 3:425K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-A12B      Registration of a Class of Securities               HTML     25K 
 2: EX-3.7      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     82K 
 3: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    202K 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

AMERICAN EQUITY

INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered		each class is to be registered
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 6.625% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B		New York Stock Exchange

 

If this Form 8-A relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is to become effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. x

 

If this Form 8-A relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is to become effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: File No. 333-233544

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None.

 

 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 1.                                                         Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

The securities to be registered hereby are depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 6.625% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B, par value $1.00 and $25,000 liquidation preference per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (the “Registrant”). Incorporated by reference herein are the descriptions of the Depositary Shares and the underlying Preferred Stock contained under the headings “Description of the Depositary Shares” and “Description of the Series B Preferred Stock”, respectively, in the Registrant’s prospectus supplement, dated June 10, 2020, to the prospectus, dated August 30, 2019, included in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-233544), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Depositary Shares are expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Item 2.                                                         Exhibits.

 

3.1	Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, including Articles of Amendment (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form 10, filed on July 22, 1999, File No. 000-25985).
3.2	Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2000 filed on August 14, 2000, File No. 000-25985).
3.3	Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on October 20, 2003, File No. 333-108794).
3.4	Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on January 15, 2008, File No. 333-148681).
3.5	Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2011 filed on August 5, 2011, File No. 001-31911).
3.6	Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-A12B filed on November 20, 2019, File No. 001-31911).
3.7	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, including the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Preferred Stock of the Registrant.
3.8	Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2008, File No. 001-31911).
4.1	Form of Deposit Agreement, among the Registrant, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., jointly as Depositary, the other parties thereto and the holders from time to time of receipts issued thereunder.
4.2	Form of Depositary Receipt (included in Exhibit 4.1 hereto).

 

2

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Dated: June 16, 2020	AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COMPANY
	/s/ Renee D. Montz
	Name:	Renee D. Montz
	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

3

 

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/29/24  American Equity Inv Life Hold… Co 10-K       12/31/23  155:26M
 9/07/23  American Equity Inv Life Hold… Co S-8         9/07/23    5:114K
 2/28/23  American Equity Inv Life Hold… Co 10-K       12/31/22  134:24M
11/30/22  American Equity Inv Life Hold… Co S-3ASR     11/30/22    5:234K
 8/25/22  American Equity Inv Life Hold… Co S-3ASR      8/25/22    8:1.7M
 3/01/22  American Equity Inv Life Hold… Co 10-K       12/31/21  135:23M
 3/01/21  American Equity Inv Life Hold… Co 10-K       12/31/20  137:21M