# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001443575
**File Stem:** 0001829126-25-005893
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 5126
**Document Hash:** c7c070214108b6487b8389312970bf34
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001829126-25-005893.hdr.sgml**: 20250807

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001829126-25-005893

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250807

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250807

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Avidbank Holdings, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001443575
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** CA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-42792
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251192636

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1732 N. 1ST STREET, 6TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** SAN JOSE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95112
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 408-200-7390

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1732 N. 1ST STREET, 6TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** SAN JOSE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95112

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** PENINSULA BANK HOLDING CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20080821

**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 (g) OF**

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**AVIDBANK HOLDINGS, INC.**

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **California** | **26-1731009** |
| **(State of incorporation<br> or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer<br> Identification No.)** |

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**1732 North First Street**

**6<sup>th</sup> Floor**

**San Jose, California 95112<br>(408)200-7390**

**(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)**

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

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| **Title of each class to be registered** | **Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered** |
| Common Stock, no par value 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), 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: 333-288743**

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

**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

This Registration Statement on Form 8-A is being filed by Avidbank Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in connection with the registration of its common stock, no par value per share (the "Common Stock"), under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and the listing of the Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

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

A description of the Common Stock of the Company being registered hereunder is set forth under the heading "*Description of Capital Stock*" contained in the Company's Registration Statement on [Form S-1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443575/000182912625005121/avidbankholdings_s1.htm) (File No. 333-288743), as initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on July 18, 2025, as amended, including exhibits, and as subsequently amended from time to time (the "Registration Statement"), is hereby incorporated by reference. In addition, all of the above-referenced descriptions included in any prospectus relating to the Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Registration Statement.

**Item 2. Exhibits**

Under the "Instructions as to Exhibits" section of Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Company are registered on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the securities to be registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

**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.

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| Date: August 7, 2025 | **AVIDBANK HOLDINGS, INC.** | **AVIDBANK HOLDINGS, INC.** |
|  | By: | /s/ Patrick Oakes |
|  |  | Patrick Oakes |
|  |  | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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