As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2008
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
For American Depositary Shares
of
EQSTRA HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)
N/A
(Translation of issuer's name into English)
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)
One Wall 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
ADR Division
One Wall Street, 29th 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:
Peter B. Tisne, Esq.
Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP
120 Broadway
New York, New York 10271
(212) 238-3010
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. [ ]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class | Amount to be registered | Proposed | Proposed | Amount of registration fee |
American Depositary Shares, each American Depositary Share representingordinary shares, par value one-tenth (1/10) of one South African cent per share, of Eqstra Holdings Limited. | 50,000,000 American Depositary Shares | $5.00 | $2,500,000 | $98.25 |
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 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
Location in Form of Receipt
Item Number and Caption
Filed Herewith as Prospectus
1. Name and address of depositary
Introductory Article
2. Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of
Face of Receipt, top center
deposited securities
Terms of Deposit:
(i) The amount of deposited securities represented
Face of Receipt, upper right corner
by one unit of American Depositary Receipts
(ii) The procedure for voting, if any, the deposited
Articles number 15 and 16
securities
(iii) The collection and distribution of dividends
Articles number 4, 12, 13, 15 and
18
(iv) The transmission of notices, reports and proxy
Articles number 11, 15, 16 and
soliciting material
21
(v) The sale or exercise of rights
Articles number 6, 8, 13, 14, 15 and 18
(vi) The deposit or sale of securities resulting from
Articles number 3, 12 and 17
dividends, splits or plans of reorganization
(vii) Amendment, extension or termination of the
Articles number 20 and 21
deposit agreement
(viii) Rights of holders of Receipts to inspect the
Article number 11
transfer books of the depositary and the list of
holders of Receipts
(ix) Restrictions upon the right to transfer or
Articles number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 13
withdraw the underlying securities
and 22
(x) Limitation upon the liability of the depositary
Articles number 13, 14, 18, 19 and 21
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 ____________, 2008, among Eqstra Holdings Limited, The Bank of New York 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. - See (a) above.
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 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 May 16, 2008.
Legal entity created by the agreement for the issuance of American Depositary Receipts for ordinary shares, par value one-tenth (1/10) of one South African cent per share, of Eqstra Holdings Limited
By:
The Bank of New York,
As Depositary
By: /s/ Joanne F. DiGiovanni
Name: Joanne F. DiGiovanni
Title: Vice President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Eqstra Holdings Limitedhas caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa on April 21, 2008.
EQSTRA HOLDINGS LIMITED
By: /s/ Liezl Moller
Name: Liezl Moller
Title: Company Secretary
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints E. Clarke and W. S. Hill, 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 April 21, 2008.
/s/ Erich Clarke
/s/ Donald Puglisi
Name:
Erich Clarke
Name: Donald Puglisi
Director, Chief Financial Officer
Authorized U.S. Representative
and Principal Accounting Officer
/s/ Walter Stanley Hill
/s/ Anthony John Phillips
Name:
Walter Stanley Hill
Name:
Anthony John Phillips
Director and Chief Executive Officer
Director
/s/ Daniel Cristiaan Cronje
____________________________
Name:
Daniel Cristiaan Cronje
Name:
Salukazi Dakile Hlongwane
Director and Chairman
Director
/s/ Sankie Dolly Mthembi-Mahanyele
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Name:
Sankie Dolly Mthembi-Mahanyele
Name:
Popo Molefe
Director
Director
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Name:
Martin J. Croucamp
Director
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Name:
Veli Joseph Mokoena
Director
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
1
Form of Deposit Agreement dated as of __________, 2008,
among Eqstra Holdings Limited, The Bank of New York as Depositary,
and all Owners and Holdersfrom 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.
