UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM20-F/A
Amendment No.1
| ☐ | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
OR
| ☒ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019
OR
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
OR
| ☐ | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Date of event requiring this shell company report
Commission file number:333-228135
Nippon Seitetsu Kabushiki Kaisha
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nippon Steel Corporation
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
| Japan | 6-1, Marunouchi2-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo100-8071, Japan | |
| (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Address of principal executive offices) |
Tatsuya Mizuno
General Manager, Head of General Administration Department
6-1, Marunouchi2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8071, Japan
Tel: +81 3 6867-4111
(Name, Telephone,E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading | Name of each exchange | ||
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
Common Stock
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
As of March 31, 2019, 950,321,402 shares of Common Stock were outstanding.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ☐ Yes ☒ No
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ☐ Yes ☒ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every interactive data file required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of RegulationS-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☐ | Non-accelerated filer ☒ | Emerging growth company ☐ | |||||||||||
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
| † | The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. |
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
U.S. GAAP ☐ | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ☒ | Other ☐ |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. ☐ Item 17 ☐ Item 18
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes ☒ No
Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form20-F (this “Form20-F/A”) of Nippon Steel Corporation for the year ended March 31, 2019 (the “Form20-F”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2019, is being filed solely for the purpose of adding Exhibit 101 to Item 19 “Exhibits” and furnishing the Interactive Data File (as defined in Rule 11 of RegulationS-T) as Exhibit 101 in accordance with Rule 405 of RegulationS-T. Exhibit 101, which contains interactive data files in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), was previously omitted from the Form20-F in accordance with the30-day grace period for initial interactive data submission under Rule 405(f)(2)(ii) of RegulationS-T.
Except as described above, this Form20-F/A does not, and does not purport to, amend, modify, update or restate any information set forth in the Form20-F or reflect any events that occurred subsequent to the filing of the Form20-F on July 16, 2019.
PART III
| Item 19. | Exhibits |
Exhibit Number | Description | |
| Exhibit 101.INS | XBRL Instance Document | |
| Exhibit 101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
| Exhibit 101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
| Exhibit 101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
| Exhibit 101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | |
| Exhibit 101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amendment No.1 to the Annual Report on Form20-F on its behalf.
| NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION | ||||
| By: | /s/ Kazumasa Shinkai | |||
| Name: | Kazumasa Shinkai | |||
| Title: | Executive Officer, Head of General Administration Division | |||
Date: July 30, 2019
