Grifols (GRFS) 20-F/A 2018 FY Annual report (foreign) (amended)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F/A

(Amendment No. 1)

(Mark One)

o	REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
x	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018
OR
o	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from                       to
o	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 001-35193

GRIFOLS, S.A.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Kingdom of Spain

(Jurisdiction of incorporation)

Avinguda de la Generalitat, 152-158

Parc de Negocis Can Sant Joan

Sant Cugat del Vallès 08174

Barcelona, Spain

(Address of principal executive offices)

David Ian Bell

General Counsel

Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc.

 2410 Lillyvale Ave

Los Angeles, CA 90032-3514

(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	Name of each exchange on which registered
American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing one Class B non-voting share of Grifols, S.A.	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.

None.

(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.

None.

(Title of Class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital stock or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

426,129,798 Class A Shares

261,425,110 Class B Shares

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

x Yes   o 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.

o Yes   x 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.

x Yes   o No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-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).

x Yes   o No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer x Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o Emerging growth company o

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. o

†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 o International Financial Reporting Standards as issued
by the International Accounting Standards Board x Other o

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.

o Item 17   o Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

o Yes   x No

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 20-F/A (“Form 20-F/A”) to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2019 (the “Original Filing”), is being filed solely to revise Exhibit 10.1 to correct certain redaction errors therein. This Form 20-F/A amends and restates in its entirety Item 19 of the Original Filing and Exhibit 10.1 hereto supersedes in its entirety Exhibit 10.1 previously filed with the Original Filing. Except as stated above, this Form 20-F/A does not reflect events occurring after the Original Filing and does not modify or update in any way the disclosures contained in the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Form 20-F/A should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing.

PART III

Item 19.EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number	Description
1.1	Articles of Association (Estatutos) of Grifols, S.A. (English translation) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.1 of our Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-35193) filed on April 6, 2018)
2.1	Amendment No. 1 to Deposit Agreement dated as of March 14, 2011 among Grifols, S.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary, and all Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(2) to our Registration Statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-182636 filed July 12, 2012))
2.2	Form of Deposit Agreement among Grifols, S.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary, and all Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a) to our Registration Statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-172688) filed March 9, 2011)
2.3	Form of Deposit Agreement among Grifols, S.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary, and all Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a) to our Registration Statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-159327) filed May 18, 2009)
2.4	Senior Notes Indenture, dated as of April 26, 2017, relating to the 3.20% Senior Notes due 2025, between Grifols S.A., the guarantors signatory thereto and BNY Mellon Corporate Trust Services Limited, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.4 of our Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-35193) filed on April 6, 2018)
2.5	Form of 3.200% Senior Note (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 2.4)
4.1	Share and Asset Purchase Agreement, dated November 10, 2013, among Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc., Novartis Corporation, Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc. (f/k/a G-C Diagnostics Corp.) and Grifols, S.A. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of our Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-35193) filed on April 4, 2014)†
4.2	Amendment No. 1 to Share and Asset Purchase Agreement, dated December 27, 2013, among Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc., Novartis Corporation, Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc. and Grifols, S.A. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of our Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-35193) filed on April 4, 2014)
4.3	Amendment No. 2 to Share and Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 9, 2014, among Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc., Novartis Corporation, Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc. and Grifols, S.A. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of our Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-35193) filed on April 4, 2014)†
4.4	Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Hologic, Inc., Grifols Diagnostic Solutions, Inc. and Grifols, S.A., dated as of December 14, 2016 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of our Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-35193) filed on April 6, 2018)
4.5	Agreement for Assets Purchase by Share Issue by and between Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co., Ltd. And Grifols, S.A., dated as of March 7, 2019ƒ
4.6	Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2017, by and among Grifols Worldwide Operations Limited, Grifols Worldwide Operations USA, Inc., Grifols, S.A., certain subsidiaries of Grifols, S.A., the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative and collateral agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.12 of our Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-35193) filed on April 4, 2017)
8.1	List of subsidiaries (see Notes 1 and 2(b) to our audited consolidated financial statements starting on page F-11 of this annual report on Form 20-F)
10.1	Plasma Supply Agreement, dated as of February 5, 2019, among Grifols, S.A., Grifols Worldwide Operations Limited, Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Haema AG††*
12.1	Principal Executive Officer Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
12.2	Principal Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

13.1	Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002ƒ
101	Interactive Data Fileƒ

*Filed herewith.

ƒFiled with the Original Filing.

†     ��                                   Portions of the exhibit have been omitted pursuant to an order granting confidential treatment dated June 20, 2014.

††Certain identified confidential information has been redacted from this exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.

SIGNATURES

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.

GRIFOLS, S.A.
By:	/s/ Victor Grifols Deu
	Name: Victor Grifols Deu
	Title: Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer
GRIFOLS, S.A.
By:	/s/ Raimon Grifols Roura
	Name: Raimon Grifols Roura
	Title: Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer

Date:  April 23, 2019