F-6EF 1 e606100_f6ef-tim.htm Unassociated Document
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
____________________
 
FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
For Depositary Shares Evidenced by American Depositary Receipts
___________________

TIM Participações S.A.
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)
 
TIM Holding Company
(Translation of issuer's name into English)
 
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization of Issuer)
___________________
 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

4 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004
Telephone (212) 623-0636
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)
 
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
(212) 894-8940
 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:
 
Scott A. Ziegler, Esq.
Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP
570 Lexington Avenue, 44th Floor
New York, New York  10022
(212) 319-7600
 
It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466
x
immediately upon filing
If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box. o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of
Securities to be registered
Amount
to be registered
Proposed maximum aggregate price per unit (1)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price (2)
Amount of
registration fee
American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing 10 preferred shares of TIM Participações S.A.
50,000,000
$0.05
$2,500,000
$139.50
(1)
Each unit represents one American Depositary Share.
(2)
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 Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares.
 

 
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
The Prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt (“ADR” or “American Depositary Receipt”) included as Exhibit (a)(3) to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.
 

 
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
 
Item 1.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
 
Item Number and Caption
 
Location in Form of American Depositary
Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus                                                            
         
(1)  Name and address of Depositary  
Introductory paragraph
       
(2)  Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of deposited securities  
Face of American Depositary Receipt, top center
         
  Terms of Deposit:    
         
  (i) 
Amount of deposited securities represented by one unit of American Depositary Shares
 
Face of American Depositary Receipt, upper right corner
         
  (ii) 
Procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities
 
Paragraph (12)
         
  (iii) 
Collection and distribution of dividends
 
Paragraphs (4), (5), (7) and (10)
         
  (iv) 
Transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material
 
Paragraphs (3), (8) and (12)
         
  (v) 
Sale or exercise of rights
 
Paragraphs (4), (5) and (10)
         
  (vi) 
Deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization
 
Paragraphs (4), (5), (10) and (13)
         
  (vii) 
Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement
 
Paragraphs (16) and (17)
         
  (viii) 
Rights of holders of receipts to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of Holders of receipts
 
Paragraph (3)
         
  (ix) 
Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities
 
Paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5)
         
  (x) 
Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary
 
Paragraph (14)
       
(3)   Fees and Charges  
Paragraph (7)
 
Item 2.  AVAILABLE INFORMATION

Item Number and Caption
 
Location in Form of American Depositary
Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus 
         
  (b) 
Statement that TIM  Participações S.A. is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, accordingly, files certain reports with the Commission, and that such reports can be inspected by holders of American Depositary Receipts and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Commission in Washington, D.C.
 
Paragraph (8)
 

 
PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 3.  EXHIBITS
 
 
(a)(1)
Deposit Agreement dated as of June 24, 2002 among TIM Participações S.A. (fka Tele Celular Sul Participações S.A.) (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as JPMorgan Chase Bank), as depositary (the “Depositary”), and the holders from time to time of the American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”).  Previously filed as an exhibit to Form F-6 file number 333-83742 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
(a)(2)
Form of Amendment to Deposit Agreement among the Company, the Depositary and all holders from time to time of American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder. Previously filed as an exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment to Form F-6 file number 333-83742 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
(a)(3)
Form of American Depositary Receipt, filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(3).
 
 
(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.  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.  Not applicable.
 
 
(d)
Opinion of  counsel to the Depositary as to the legality of the securities being registered.  Filed herewith as Exhibit (d)
 
 
(e)
Certification under Rule 466.  Filed herewith as Exhibit (e).
 
 
(f)
Power of Attorney.  Included as part of the signature pages hereto.
 
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 American Depositary 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)
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 American Depositary Receipt thirty days before any change in the fee schedule.
 

 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., on behalf of the legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement, 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 November 18, 2009.
 
 
Legal entity created by the form of Deposit Agreement for the issuance of ADRs evidencing American Depositary Shares
 
       
  By:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Depositary
       
       
  By: /s/ Joseph M. Leinhauser  
  Name:
Joseph M. Leinhauser
 
  Title:
Vice President
 
 

 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, TIM Participações S.A. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-6 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 Rio de Janeiro, The Federative Republic of Brazil, on October 30, 2009.
 
 
TIM Participações S.A.
 
       
       
  By: /s/ Mario Cesar Pereira De Araujo  
  Name:
Mario Cesar Pereira De Araujo
 
  Title:
Chairman of the Board
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the individuals whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mario Cesar Pereira De Araujo, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
 

 
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 capacities set forth below on October 30, 2009.
 
Name
 
Title
     
/s/ Mario Cesar Pereira De Araujo
 
Chairman of the Board
Mario Cesar Pereira De Araujo
 
     
/s/ Andrea Sandro Calabi
 
Board Member
Andrea Sandro Calabi
   
     
/s/Carmelo Furci
 
Board Member
Carmelo Furci
   
     
/s/ Gabriele Galateri di Genola
 
Board Member
Gabriele Galateri di Genola
   
     
/s/ Luca Luciani
 
Board Member
Luca Luciani
   
     
/s/ Mailson Ferreira da Nóbrega
 
Board Member
Mailson Ferreira da Nóbrega
   
     
/s/ Manoel Horácio Francisco da Silva
 
Board Member
Manoel Horácio Francisco da Silva
   
     
 
 
Board Member
Oscar Cicchetti
   
     
   
Board Member
Stefano de Angelis
   
     
     
/s/ Gregory F. Lavelle  
Authorized Representative in the
Gregory F. Lavelle
Puglisi & Associates
 
United States
 

 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number
 
   
(a)(3)
Form of American Depositary Receipt
   
(d)
Opinion of Counsel
   
(e)
Certification under Rule 466.