F-6 1 e606570_f6-chinalodging.htm Unassociated Document
  Registration No. 333  -   
As filed with  the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2010
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
                                                                                     
 
FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FOR AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES EVIDENCED BY
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
                          
 
China Lodging Group, Limited
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)
                          
 
[N/A]
(Translation of issuer’s name into English)
                          
 
The Cayman Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)
                                                                                     
 
CITIBANK, N.A.
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)
                          
 
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)
                          
 
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor
New York, New York 10011
(212) 604-1666
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                                                                                     
 
Copies to:
 
Howard Zhang, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
26/F, Twin Towers (West)
B12 Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue Chaoyang District
Beijing 100022, China
  
Herman H. Raspé, Esq.
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York  10036
                                                                                     
 
 
It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466:
 
     
       
  If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box :  x
 
 
                                                                                     
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Price Per Unit*
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price**
Amount of
Registration Fee
American Depositary Shares, each representing four (4) ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, of China Lodging Group, Limited.
100,000,000
US$5.00
US$5,000.000
US$356.50
 
*
Each unit represents 100 American Depositary Shares.
**
Estimatedsolely 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.
 
 
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 this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 

This Registration Statement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
ii
 
PART I
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Cross Reference Sheet
 
Item 1.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
 
Item Number and Caption  
Location in Form of American
Depositary Receipt (“Receipt”)
Filed Herewith as Prospectus
       
1.    Name of Depositary and address of its principal executive office  
Face of Receipt -  Introductory Article.
         
2. Title of Receipts and identity of deposited securities  
Face of Receipt  - Top Center.
     
Terms of Deposit:
    
         
  (i)      
The amount of deposited securities represented by one American Depositary Share ("ADSs")
  
Face of Receipt  - Upper right corner.
         
  (ii) The procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities  
Reverse of Receipt  - Paragraphs (16) and (17).
         
  (iii) The collection and distribution of dividends  
Reverse of Receipt - Paragraph (14).
         
  (iv) The transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material  
Face of Receipt  - Paragraph (13);
Reverse of Receipt - Paragraph (16).
         
  (v) The sale or exercise of rights  
Reverse of Receipt – Paragraphs (14) and (16).
         
  (vi) The deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization  
Face of Receipt - Paragraphs (3) and (6);
Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (14) and (18).
         
  (vii) Amendment, extension or termination of the deposit agreement  
Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (22) and (23) (no provision for extensions).
         
  (viii) Rights of holders of Receipts to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of holders of ADSs  
Face of Receipt - Paragraph (13).
         
 
 
I-1
 
 
Item Number and Caption
  
Location in Form of American
Depositary Receipt (“Receipt”)
Filed Herewith as Prospectus                                                      
         
  (ix) 
Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities
  
Face of Receipt – Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9) and (10).
 
         
  (x)      Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary  
Face of Receipt - Paragraph (7);
Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (19) and (20).
         
3.    Fees and charges which may be imposed directly or indirectly on holders of ADSs  
     
Face of Receipt - Paragraph (10).
       
Item 2.   AVAILABLE INFORMATION
  
Face of Receipt - Paragraph (13).
 
The Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, accordingly, files certain reports with, and submits certain reports to, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).  These reports can be retrieved from the Commission’s internet website (www.sec.gov), and can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549.
 
I-2
 
PROSPECTUS
 
The Prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt included as Exhibit A to the Form of Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a) to this Registration Statement on Form F-6 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
I-3
 
PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 3.  EXHIBITS
 
 
(a)
Form of Deposit Agreement, by and among China Lodging Group, Limited (the “Company”), Citibank, N.A., as depositary (the “Depositary”), and all Holders and Beneficial Owners of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder (“Deposit Agreement”).  — 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 represented thereby.  — 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 counsel for the Depositary as to the legality of the securities to be registered.  — Filed herewith as Exhibit (d).
 
 
(e)
Certificate under Rule 466.  — None.
 
 
(f)
Powers of Attorney for certain officers and directors and the authorized representative of the Company.  — Set forth on the signature pages hereto.
 
II-1
 
Item 4.  UNDERTAKINGS
 
 
(a)
The Depositary undertakes to make available at the principal office of the Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of 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 amount of fees charged is 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 (30) days before any change in the fee schedule.
 
II-2
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Citibank, N.A., acting solely on behalf of the legal entity to be created by the Deposit Agreement, by and among China Lodging Group, Limited, Citibank, N.A., as depositary, and all Holders and Beneficial Owners of American Depositary Shares to be issued thereunder, 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 on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 11th day of March, 2010.
 
 
Legal entity to be created by the Deposit Agreement under which the American Depositary Shares registered hereunder are to be issued, each American Depositary Share representing four (4) ordinary shares par value US$0.0001 per share, of China Lodging Group, Limited.
         
 
CITIBANK, N.A., solely in its capacity as Depositary
  
         
 
By:
/s/ Thomas Crane  
    Name:  
Thomas Crane
  
    Title:  Vice President  
         
 
II-3
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, China Lodging Group, Limited 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 on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China on March 11, 2010.
 
 
China Lodging Group, Limited
  
       
       
 
By: 
 /s/ Tuo Zhang                                      
    Name: 
Tuo (Matthew) Zhang
  
    Title:
Chief Executive Officer
  
       
 
II-4
 

 
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Tuo (Matthew) Zhang and Min (Jenny) Zhang to act as his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all such capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as s/he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form F-6 has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on March 11, 2010.
 
Signature
  
Title
     
     
/s/ Qi Ji
 
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
Name Qi Ji
    
     
     
/s/ Tuo Zhang
 
Chief Executive Officer
Name: Tuo (Matthew) Zhang
  
(principal executive officer)
     
     
/s/ Min Zhang
 
Chief Financial Officer
Name: Min (Jenny) Zhang
  
(principal financial and accounting officer)
     
     
/s/ John Jiong Wu
 
Director
Name: John Jiong Wu
    
     
     
/s/ Tongtong Zhao
 
Director
Name: Tongtong Zhao
    
     
     
/s/ Ping Ping
 
Independent Director
Name: Ping Ping
    
     
     
/s/ Yan Huang
 
Independent Director
Name: Yan Huang
    
 
II-5
 
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of China Lodging Group, Limited, has signed this registration statement in Newark, Delaware, on March 11, 2010.
 
 
Authorized Representative
  
       
       
 
By: 
 /s/ Donald J. Puglisi                                   
    Name: 
Donald J. Puglisi
  
    Title:
Managing Director
  
       
 
 
Index to Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Document
Sequentially
Numbered Page
     
(a)
Form of Deposit Agreement
  
     
(d)
Opinion of Counsel to the Depositary