As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2012. Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_______________________________
FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
For Depositary Shares
EDWARDS GROUP LIMITED
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)
N/A
(Translation of issuer's name into English)
Cayman Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)
One Wall Street New York, N.Y. 10286
(212) 495-1784
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)
_______________________________
The Bank of New York Mellon
ADR Division
One Wall Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10286
(212) 495-1784
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Brian D. Obergfell, Esq. Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP 120 Broadway New York, New York 10271 (212) 238-3010 | Alexander D. Lynch, Esq. |
It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466
[ ] immediately upon filing
[ ] on ( Date ) at ( Time ).
If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box. [X]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of Securities to be registered | Amount to be registered | Proposed maximum aggregate price per unit(1) | Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(1) | Amount of registration fee |
American Depositary Shares representing ordinary shares of Edwards Group Limited | 100,000,000 American Depositary Shares | $5.00 | $5,000,000 | $573.00 |
(1)
For the purpose of this table only the term "unit" is defined as 100 American Depositary Shares.
The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt included as Exhibit A to the form of Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit 1 to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item - 1.
Description of Securities to be Registered
Cross Reference Sheet
Item Number and Caption | Location in Form of Receipt |
1. Name and address of depositary | Introductory Article |
2. Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of deposited securities | Face of Receipt, top center |
Terms of Deposit: | |
(i) The amount of deposited securities represented by one unit of American Depositary Receipts | Face of Receipt, upper right corner |
(ii) The procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities | Articles number 15, 16 and 18 |
(iii) The collection and distribution of dividends | Articles number 4, 12, 13, 15 and 18 |
(iv) The transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material | Articles number 11, 15, 16 and 18 |
(v) The sale or exercise of rights | Articles number 13, 14, 15 and 18 |
(vi) The deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization | Articles number 3, 12, 13, 15, 17 and 18 |
(vii) Amendment, extension or termination of the deposit agreement | Articles number 20 and 21 |
(viii) Rights of holders of Receipts to inspect the transfer books of the depositary and the list of holders of Receipts | Article number 11 |
(ix) Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities | Articles number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 |
(x) Limitation upon the liability of the depositary | Articles number 14, 18, 19, 21 and 22 |
3. Fees and Charges | Articles number 7 and 8 |
Item - 2.
Available Information
Public reports furnished by issuer | Article number 11 |
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item - 3.
Exhibits
a.
Form of Deposit Agreement dated as of ____________, 2012 among Edwards Group Limited, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Depositary, and all Owners and Holdersfrom time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder. – Filed herewith as Exhibit 1.
b.
Any other agreement, to which the depositary is a party, relating to the issuance of the Depositary Shares registered hereby or the custody of the deposited securities represented thereby. – Not applicable.
c.
Every material contract relating to the deposited securities between the Depositary and the issuer of the deposited securities in effect at any time within the last three years. – Not applicable.
d.
Opinion of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, as to legality of the securities to be registered. – Filed herewith as Exhibit 4.
e.
Certification under Rule 466. – Not applicable.
Item - 4.
Undertakings
(a)
The Depositary hereby undertakes to make available at the principal office of the Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of the depositary shares, any reports and communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities which are both (1) received by the Depositary as the holder of the deposited securities, and (2) made generally available to the holders of the underlying securities by the issuer.
(b)
If the amounts of fees charged are not disclosed in the prospectus, the Depositary undertakes to prepare a separate document stating the amount of any fee charged and describing the service for which it is charged and to deliver promptly a copy of such fee schedule without charge to anyone upon request. The Depositary undertakes to notify each registered holder of depositary shares thirty days before any change in the fee schedule.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 21, 2012.
Legal entity created by the agreement for the issuance of depositary shares representing ordinary shares of Edwards Group Limited.
By:
The Bank of New York Mellon,
As Depositary
By:
/s/ Robert W. Goad
Name: Robert W. Goad
Title: Managing Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Edwards Group Limited has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in Seoul, South Korea, on March 21, 2012.
Edwards Group Limited
By: /s/ Matthew Taylor
Name: Matthew Taylor
Title: Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Matthew Taylor and David Smith, each acting alone, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement on Form F-6 (including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that any such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 21, 2012.
/s/ Matthew Taylor
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Matthew Taylor
(principal executive officer)
/s/ David Smith
Chief Financial Officer and Director
David Smith
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Finbarr Crowley
Chief Accounting Officer
Finbarr Crowley
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ Nick Rose
Chairman and Director
Nick Rose
/s/ Greg Brenneman
Director
Greg Brenneman
/s/ Jim Gentilcore
Director
Jim Gentilcore
/s/ John Lewis
Director
John Lewis
/s/ Sir Kevin Smith
Director
Sir Kevin Smith
Authorized Representative in the United States
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned has signed this registration statement, solely in its capacity as the duly authorized representative of Edwards Group Limited, in the City of Newark, Delaware on March 21, 2012.
PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES
By:/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
Donald J. Puglisi
Managing Director
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number | Exhibit | |
1 | Form of Deposit Agreement dated as of __________, 2012 among Edwards Group Limited, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Depositary, and all Owners and Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder. | |
4 | Opinion of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, as to legality of the securities to be registered. | |
