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

Apple Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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:

(if applicable)

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

None

The securities to be registered hereby consist of (i) 1.000% Notes due 2022; (ii) 1.375% Notes due 2024; (iii) 0.875% Notes due 2025; (iv) 1.625% Notes due 2026; (v) 2.000% Notes due 2027; (vi) 1.375% Notes due 2029; (vii) 3.050% Notes due 2029; and (viii) 3.600% Notes due 2042 of Apple Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”), each issued pursuant to the indenture dated as of April 29, 2013, between the Company and the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Indenture”). A copy of the Indenture is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 hereto. The form of each series of notes is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibits 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5, respectively, hereto.

For the debt securities consisting of (i) 1.000% Notes due 2022; (ii) 1.375% Notes due 2024; (iii) 1.625% Notes due 2026; (iv) 2.000% Notes due 2027; (v) 3.050% Notes due 2029; and (vi) 3.600% Notes due 2042, the Company incorporates the information required by this item by reference to the information contained in the section captioned “Description of the Debt Securities” in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-188191), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 29, 2013, including the prospectus contained therein, as supplemented by the sections captioned “Description of the Notes” and “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” or “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” as applicable, in (a) with respect to the 1.000% Notes due 2022 and the 1.625% Notes due 2026, a prospectus supplement dated November 4, 2014, (b) with respect to the 3.050% Notes due 2029 and the 3.600% Notes due 2042, a prospectus supplement dated July 24, 2015, and (c) with respect to the 1.375% Notes due 2024 and the 2.000% Notes due 2027, a prospectus supplement dated September 10, 2015, in each case, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

For the debt securities consisting of (i) 0.875% Notes due 2025 and (ii) 1.375% Notes due 2029, the Company incorporates the information required by this item by reference to the information contained in the section captioned “Description of the Debt Securities” in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-210983), as filed with the Commission on April 28, 2016, including the prospectus contained therein, as supplemented by the sections captioned “Description of the Notes” and “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in a prospectus supplement dated May 17, 2017, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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In accordance with the Instructions as to Exhibits for Form 8-A, copies of all constituent instruments defining the rights of the holders of each class of debt securities are filed as exhibits hereto.

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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, thereto duly authorized.

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