As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2009
Registration No. 333-153786
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FOR AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES EVIDENCED BY
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
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EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)
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N/A
(Translation of issuer's name in English)
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Japan
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)
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CITIBANK, N.A.
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)
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399 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10043
(212) 816-6690
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of depositary's principal executive offices)
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CITIBANK, N.A. - DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DEPARTMENT
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 816-6690
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Herman H. Raspe, Esq.
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
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It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466:
|X| 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
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Amount to Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of be Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Amount of
Securities to be Registered Registered Unit* Price** Registration Fee
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American Depositary Shares each representing N/A N/A N/A N/A
one-sixth (1/6) of one share of common stock of
East Japan Railway Company
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* Each unit represents 100 American Depositary Shares.
** Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
Pursuant to Rule 457(k), such estimate is computed on the basis of the
maximum aggregate fees or charges to be imposed in connection with the
issuance of American Depositary Shares.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Cross Reference Sheet
Item 1. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
Location in Form of American
Depositary Receipt ("Receipt")
Item Number and Caption Filed Herewith as Prospectus
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1. Name of Depositary and address of its principal Face of Receipt - Introductory Article
executive office
2. Title of Receipts and identity of deposited Face of Receipt - Top center.
securities
Terms of Deposit:
(i) The amount of deposited securities Face of Receipt - Upper right corner.
represented by one American Depositary
Share ("ADS")
(ii) The procedure for voting, if any, the Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs 12, 14 and 17
deposited securities
(iii) The procedure for collecting and Face of Receipt - Paragraphs 4 and 8;
distributing dividends Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs 13, 14 and 17
(iv) The procedure for transmitting notices, Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs 11 and 12
reports and proxy soliciting material
(v) The sale or exercise of rights Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs 13 and 14
(vi) The deposit or sale of securities Face of Receipt - Paragraphs 4 and 8;
resulting from dividends, splits or Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs 13, 14, 16 and 17
plans of reorganization
(vii) Amendment, extension or termination of Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs 18 and 19 (no
the deposit arrangements provision for extension)
(viii) The rights that holders of Receipts have Face of Receipt - Paragraph 3
to inspect the transfer books of the
Depositary and the list of Receipt
holders
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Location in Form of American
Depositary Receipt ("Receipt")
Item Number and Caption Filed Herewith as Prospectus
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(ix) Any restrictions on the right to Face of Receipt - Paragraphs 2, 4, 5, and 6
transfer or withdraw the underlying
securities
(x) Any limitation on the Depositary's Face of Receipt - Paragraphs 1 and 8; Reverse of
liability Receipt - Paragraphs 12, 15 and 17
3. Fees and charges that a holder of Receipts may Reverse of Receipt - Paragraph 20
have to pay, either directly or indirectly
Item 2. AVAILABLE INFORMATION Reverse of Receipt - Paragraph 11
Based on the reasonable good faith belief of the Depositary after
exercising reasonable diligence, the registrant represents that, as of the date
hereof, East Japan Railway Company (the "Company") publishes the information
contemplated in Rule 12g3-2(b) under the United States Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") on its internet website or through an
electronic information delivery system generally available to the public in the
Company's primary trading market. As of the date hereof the Company's internet
website is http://www.jreast.co.jp. The information so published by the Company
cannot be retrieved from the Securities Exchange Commission's (the "Commission")
internet website, and cannot be inspected or copied at the public reference
facilities maintained by the Commission.
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PROSPECTUS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS III. B OF FORM F-6, THIS PAGE AND
THE FORM OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPT ATTACHED AS AN EXHIBIT TO THIS POST
EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO F-6 REGISTRATION STATEMENT CONSTITUTE THE
PROSPECTUS RELATING TO THE AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO
THIS POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO F-6 REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 3. EXHIBITS
(a) The agreement between Citibank, N.A., as depositary (the
"Depositary"), and all holders and beneficial owners from time to time of
American Depositary Shares registered hereunder. -- Filed herewith as Exhibit
(a).
(b) Any other agreement to which the Depositary is a party relating to the
issuance of the American Depositary Shares registered hereunder or the custody
of the deposited securities. -- None.
(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. -- None.
(d) Opinion of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, counsel for the
Depositary, as to the legality of the securities to be registered. -- Previously
filed and incorporated herein by reference to Registration Statement on Form F-6
(Registration No. 333-153786).
(e) Certification under Rule 466. -- Filed herewith as Exhibit (e).
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
Receipts, 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) 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 a Receipt
thirty days before any change in the fee schedule.
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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 Post Effective Amendment
No. 1 to Form F-6 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 the 6th day of January, 2009.
Legal entity created by the agreement set
forth in the American Depositary Receipts
evidencing American Depositary Shares
representing shares of common stock of
East Japan Railway Company
CITIBANK, N.A., as Depositary
By: /s/ Mark Gherzo
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Name: Mark Gherzo
Title: Vice President
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Index of Exhibits
Sequentially
Exhibit Document Numbered Page
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(a) Form of ADR
(e) Rule 466 Undertaking