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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
SUMMIT BANK CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia 58-1722476
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(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S Employer Identification No)
4360 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30341
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(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
TITLE TO EACH CLASS NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH
TO BE SO REGISTERED EACH CLASS IS TO BE REGISTERED
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None
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
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ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.
The description of the Common Stock of the Registrant registered hereby is
incorporated by reference to the description of the Registrant's capital stock
set forth in the Registrant's Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-16366, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any amendments to such
Registration Statement filed subsequently thereto, including any form of
Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
ITEM 2. EXHIBITS.
1.1 Specimen stock certificate.
2.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Summit Bank
Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Summit Bank
Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Amendment No. 3 (Registration
Number 33-16366)).
2.2 Bylaws of Summit Bank Corporation, as amended (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1987.)
3.1 The rights of the security holders are defined in (i) Articles Five,
Six, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Thirteen, Fourteen, and Sixteen of the Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Summit Bank Corporation and (ii)
Articles Two, Three, Eight, Ten and Eleven of the amended Bylaws of Summit
Bank Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2
respectively, to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1994).
4.1 Summit Bank Corporation 1987 Key Employee Incentive Stock Option
Plan, as amended and restated as of February 28, 1989 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1991).
5.1 Form of Summit Bank Corporation's Organizer's Warrant Agreement
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Summit Bank Corporation's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-16366)).
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
SUMMIT BANK CORPORATION
/S/ Gary K. McClung
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Name: Gary K. McClung
Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
Date: August 26, 1996
