Company: OXLCZ
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 8-A12B
Source: 0001213900-25-018001
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Company: Oxford Lane Capital Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 8-A12B
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<div align='center'>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2025

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</div>

| Oxford Lane Capital Corp.                              |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |

| Maryland                                         | 27-2859071                          |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or 
 organization)                                    | -I.R.S. Employer Identification No. |

| 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255           
 Greenwich, CT                            |     06830 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | -Zip Code |

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

| Title of each class  
 to be so registered  | Name of each exchange on             
 which each class is to be registered |
| 7.95% Notes due 2032 | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC          |

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently
with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement
file number to which this form relates: 333-283109

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

| None             |
| (Title of class) |

<div align='center'>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>

| Item 1. | Description of the Registrant's Securities to be Registered. |

This Form 8-A is being filed in connection with
the offering by Oxford Lane Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Registrant”), of its 7.95% Notes due 2032 (the
“Notes”). The Notes are expected to be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (“Nasdaq