As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2004
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F/A
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the financial year ended: January 3, 2004
Commission file number: 1-10120
CORUS GROUP plc
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
England and Wales
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organisation)
30 Millbank, London SW1P 4WY, England
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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 New York Stock Exchange
Ordinary shares of 10p each New York Stock 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:
None
Number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of
capital or common stock as of January 3, 2004:
4,434,759,050 Ordinary shares of 10p each
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 X No
Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant
has elected to follow:
Item 17 Item 18 X
* Not for trading, but only in connection with the registration of
American Depositary Shares.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
With this Form 20-F/A filed pursuant to Rule 104(c) of Regulation S-T,
we are (i) correcting the unofficial PDF copy included with our annual report on
Form 20-F for the financial year ended January 3, 2004, which was filed with the
SEC on March 22, 2004, and (ii) correcting the Form 20-F filed in error with the
SEC on March 23, 2004, by deleting it in its entirety. As a result of this
filing, our annual report on Form 20-F for the financial year ended January 3,
2004 consists of our Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 22, 2004, together
with the unofficial PDF copy filed herewith. This Form 20-F/A does not reflect
events occurring after the filing of the original Form 20-F filed on March 22,
2004, and does not modify or update the disclosures therein in any way, except
as described above.
SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form 20-F/A and that it has duly caused and authorised the
undersigned to sign this Annual Report on its behalf.
Corus Group plc
(Registrant)
/s/ R. J. Reeves
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R.J. Reeves
(Secretary)
March 25, 2004