-------- FORM 8-A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Jore Corporation - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Montana 81-0465233 - -------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- (State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 45000 Highway 93 South 59864 - -------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Securities Act Registration Statement and Number to which the form relates: 333-75817 If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. / / check the following box. /X/ Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-75817 Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of Each Class to Name of Each Exchange on Which be so Registered Each Class is to be Registered ---------------------- --------------------------------- None N/A -------------------------- --------------------------------- Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, no par value - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Title of class) ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED. A description of the Common Stock to be registered hereunder is contained in the section entitled "Description of Capital Stock," commencing at page 49 of the Prospectus included in the Registrant's Form S-1 Registration Statement, as amended, No. 333-78357 (the "Registration Statement") first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 13, 1999 and is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 2. EXHIBITS. Exhibit Number Description --------------------------- 3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation. (1) 3.2 Bylaws. (1) 4.3 Form of Common Stock Certificate. (1) 10.2 Common Stock Purchase Option, dated February 10, 1999, between Jore Corporation and William M. Steele, Trustee of the Steele Family Trust. (1) --------------------------- (1) Filed as the like-numbered exhibit to the Registration Statement and incorporated herein by reference. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. Jore Corporation -------------------------------------- (Registrant) Date: July 26, 1999 By: /s/ David H. Bjornson ------------------------------------ Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel