As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2017
Registration No. 033-39597
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE
FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
For American Depositary Shares
of
MAKITA CORPORATION
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)
N/A
(Translation of issuer's name into English)
JAPAN
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)
225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10286
(212) 495-1784
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)
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The Bank of New York Mellon
ADR Division
225 Liberty Street, 21st 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) 238-3032
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. [ ]
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(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(c) 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 Filed Herewith as Prospectus
| |||
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:
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| (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 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, 8 and 22 | |||
| (x) Limitation upon the liability of the depositary | Articles number 14, 18, 21 and 22 | |||
3. Fees and Charges
| Articles 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 ____________, 2017, among Makita Corporation, The Bank of New York Mellon as Depositary, and all Owners and Holders from 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. - 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. – Previously Filed. |
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 ADSs, 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 an ADS 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 August 15, 2017.
Legal entity created by the agreement for the issuance of American Depositary Shares for ordinary shares of Makita Corporation
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, Makita Corporationhas caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Anjo, Japan on August 15, 2017.
MAKITA CORPORATION
By:/s/ Munetoshi Goto
Name: Munetoshi Goto
Title: President, Representative Director
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Munetoshi Goto, President, Representative Director and Yukihiro Otsu Director, Corporate Officer, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities the Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) and any documents in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys full power to act with or without the other, and full power and authority to do and perform, in his name and on his behalf, every act whatsoever which such attorneys, or any one of them, may deem necessary or desirable to be done in connection therewith as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or any of them, or their 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 by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August 15, 2017.
/s/ Masahiko Goto | /s/ Munetoshi Goto | |
| Masahiko Goto | Munetoshi Goto | |
| Chairman, Representative Director | President, Representative Director | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
/s/ Tadayoshi Torii | /s/ Hisayoshi Niwa | |
| Tadayoshi Torii | Hisayoshi Niwa | |
| Director, Managing Corporate Officer | Director, Corporate Officer | |
| General Manager of Production Headquarters | General Manager of Quality Management | |
| Headquarters | ||
/s/ Shinichiro Tomita | /s/ Tetsuhisa Kaneko | |
| Shinichiro Tomita | Tetsuhisa Kaneko | |
| Director, Corporate Officer | Director, Corporate Officer | |
| General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters | General Manager of Research and | |
| Development Headquarters | ||
/s/ Tomoyuki Ota | /s/ Takashi Tsuchiya | |
| Tomoyuki Ota | Takashi Tsuchiya | |
| Director, Corporate Officer | Director, Corporate Officer | |
| Assistant General Manager of Research and | General Manager of Domestic Sales | |
| Development Headquarters | Marketing Headquarters | |
/s/ Takashi Omote | /s/ Yukihiro Otsu | |
| Takashi Omote | Yukihiro Otsu | |
| Director, Managing Corporate Officer | Director, Corporate Officer | |
| General Manager of International Sales | General Manager of Administration | |
| Headquarters | Headquarters | |
| (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) | ||
/s/ Toru Nozawa | ||
| Toru Nozawa | ||
| Makita U.S.A. Inc. , President | ||
| (Authorized U.S. Representative) |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
NumberExhibit
| 1 | Form of Deposit Agreement dated as of __________, 2017, among Makita Corporation, The Bank of New York Mellon as Depositary, and all Owners and Holdersfrom time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder. |