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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001401257-25-000091
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250818
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250818

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001401257
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL & GAS FILED MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3533]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				611488595
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35504
		FILM NUMBER:		251226372

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10344 SAM HOUSTON PARK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77064
		BUSINESS PHONE:		281-949-2500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10344 SAM HOUSTON PARK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77064

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FORUM OILFIELD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100726

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FORUM OILFIELD TECHNOLOGIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070529
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i3f8b4d1f0b4c4bf09df181fec74c88e3_37"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">FORM 8-A</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:24pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:98.878%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.434%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.434%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.434%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.434%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.434%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.906%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.489%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.934%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.934%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.489%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.489%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.489%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.500%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="15" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="21" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="15" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Delaware</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="21" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">61-1488595</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="15" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="21" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="15" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="21" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="12" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="21" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">10344 Sam Houston Park Drive, Suite 300, Houston, Texas</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="12" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">77064</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="21" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(Address of principal executive office)</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="12" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(Zip Code)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act&#58;</font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:98.237%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.213%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.213%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.213%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.268%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.452%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.687%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.687%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.687%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.687%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.693%"></td><td 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to be registered</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="15" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">NYSE Texas, Inc.</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">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. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#9746;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">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. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#9744;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Registration A offering, check the following box. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#9744;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates&#58;N&#47;A</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act&#58; N&#47;A</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">This Registration Statement on Form 8-A (this &#8220;Form 8-A&#8221;) is being filed by Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) in connection with the dual listing of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), with NYSE Texas, Inc. (the &#8220;NYSE Texas&#8221;) under the trading symbol &#8220;FET.&#8221; The Common Stock is currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &#8220;FET.&#8221;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Item 1. Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The description of the Common Stock, as may be amended from time to time, contained in Exhibit 4.1 of the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC on August 8, 2025, to which this Form 8-A relates, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We expect the listing and trading of the Common Stock on the NYSE Texas to commence on August 18, 2025 under the symbol &#8220;FET.&#8221;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Item 2. Exhibits.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits for Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed, because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on the NYSE Texas, and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">SIGNATURE</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">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 hereunto duly authorized.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.679%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.922%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.922%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.443%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:21.247%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.401%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.246%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.993%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.993%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.993%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.993%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.447%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="21" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="15" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Date&#58; August 18, 2025</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">By&#58;</font></div></td><td colspan="15" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#47;s&#47; John C. Ivascu</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="15" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">John C. Ivascu</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="15" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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