SCHW-D Charles Schwab Corporation

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

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

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:

333-251156

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

None.

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

The securities to be registered hereby are the depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of 4.450% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series J, par value of $0.01, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25 per depositary share) of The Charles Schwab Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). The descriptions set forth under the sections “Description of Depositary Shares” and “Description of Series J Preferred Stock” in the prospectus supplement dated March 23, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March  24, 2021 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under the sections “Description of Depositary Shares” and “Description of Preferred Stock” in the Prospectus included in the automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-251156) of the Company (collectively, the “Registration Statement”), as filed with the Commission on December 4, 2020, are incorporated herein by reference.

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.