# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001940674
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-063071
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 4967
**Document Hash:** 3a014879922cf0f90d519fa0ca958f77
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-063071.hdr.sgml**: 20230307

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-063071

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230307

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230307

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001940674
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** MISC INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3590]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** L2
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-41639
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23713555

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** MESPIL BUSINESS CENTRE, MESPIL HOUSE
- **STREET 2:** SUSSEX ROAD
- **CITY:** DUBLIN 4
- **STATE:** L2
- **ZIP:** D04 T4A6
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 353 1 920 1000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** MESPIL BUSINESS CENTRE, MESPIL HOUSE
- **STREET 2:** SUSSEX ROAD
- **CITY:** DUBLIN 4
- **STATE:** L2
- **ZIP:** D04 T4A6

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Empatan Public Ltd Co
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20220801

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549** 

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**FORM 8-A** 

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**FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES** 

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE** 

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

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## SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company
**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Ireland** | **N/A** |
| **(State of incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |
| **Mespil Business Centre, Mespil House**<br> **Sussex Road, Dublin 4, Ireland** | **N/A** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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

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| **Title for each class**<br> **to be so registered** | **Name of each exchange on which**<br> **each class is to be registered** |
| **Class A Ordinary Shares, with a nominal value of $0.0001 per share** | **The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC** |
| **Warrants, each exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share** | **The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC** |

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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), please 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), please 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 (if applicable): 333-267301** 

**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: N/A** 

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

The securities to be registered hereby are (a) Class A ordinary shares with a nominal value of $0.0001 per share (the "Ordinary Shares"), and (b) parent warrants, each entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share (the "Warrants"), of SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company (the "Company").

The description of the Ordinary Shares and Warrants contained in the section entitled "*Description of Parent Securities*" in the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-267301), as amended from time to time (the "Registration Statement"), to which this Form 8-A relates, is incorporated herein by reference. Any form of prospectus or prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement that include such descriptions and that is subsequently filed is also incorporated by reference herein.

**Item 2. Exhibits.** 

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits for Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed herewith or incorporated by reference, because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

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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.

Date: March 7, 2023

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| **SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company** | **SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company** |
| By: | /s/ Haggai Alon |
|  | Name: Haggai Alon |
|  | Title: Director |

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