F-6 1 e607938_f6-imi.htm Unassociated Document
 
 
As filed with  the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2011
Registration No. 333  -  
 


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

IMI PLC
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)

N/A
(Translation of issuer’s name into English)

England and Wales
(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
(877) 248 - 4237
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary’s principal executive offices)

IMI Americas Inc.
101 Broadway Street West
Suite 204
Osseo, MN  55369
Attention: James Etter
(763) 488-5401
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
 
Michael Gilligan, Esq.
Allen & Overy LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York  10020
 
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:
 
o  immediately upon filing.
o  on (Date) at (Time).
 
 
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*
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price**
Amount of
Registration Fee
American Depositary Shares, each representing  the right to receive two (2) ordinary Shares of IMI PLC
100,000,000 American Depositary Shares
$5.00
$5,000.000
$580.50
 
*
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.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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).
         
  (ix) 
Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities
 
Face of Receipt – Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9) and (10).
 
 
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Item Number and Caption
 
Location in Form of American
Depositary Receipt (“Receipt”)
Filed Herewith as Prospectus
     
  (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).
 
As set forth in Section (13) of the Form of Receipt, the Company publishes information in English required to maintain the exemption from registration pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on its internet website or through an electronic information delivery system generally available to the public in the Company's primary trading market. The electronic information delivery system the Company uses for the publication of such information is the Regulatory News Service of the London Stock Exchange (“RNS”). As of the date hereof the Company's internet website is www.imiplc.com. The information so published by the Company cannot be retrieved from the internet website of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), and cannot be inspected or copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission located (as of the date of the Deposit Agreement) at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 3. EXHIBITS
 
 
(a)
Form of Deposit Agreement, by and among IMI plc, (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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Citibank, N.A., acting solely on behalf of the legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement, by and among IMI plc, Citibank, N.A., as depositary, and all Holders and Beneficial Owners from time to time 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 31st day of January, 2011.
 
 
Legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement under which the American Depositary Shares registered hereunder are to be issued, each American Depositary Share representing two (2) ordinary Shares, with a nominal value of 25p per Share, of IMI plc.
 
CITIBANK, N.A., solely in its capacity as Depositary
 
       
       
 
By: 
/s/ Robert Franz  
    Name: 
Title: 
Robert Franz
Vice President
 
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, IMI plc 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 Birmingham, United Kingdom, on January 24, 2011.
 
   
IMI PLC
 
       
       
 
By: 
/s/ Douglas Hurt  
    Name: 
Title: 
Douglas Hurt
Finance Director
 
 
 
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POWERS OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Martin Lamb, Douglas Hurt, Roy M. Twite, Ian Whiting and John O’Shea, and each of them (with full power in each of them to act alone), his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all supplements and amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file such supplements and amendments, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States 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 to all intents and purposes as s/he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their 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 January 24, 2011.
 
Signature
 
Title
     
/s/ Norman B.M. Askew
 
Chairman
Name: Norman B.M. Askew
   
     
/s/ Martin Lamb
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Name: Martin Lamb
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/ Douglas Hurt
 
Finance Director
Name: Douglas Hurt
 
(Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)
     
/s/ Roy M. Twite
 
Executive Director
Name: Roy M. Twite
   
 
 
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Signature
 
Title
     
/s/ Ian Whiting
 
Executive Director
Name: Ian Whiting
   
     
/s/ Kevin S. Beeston
 
Non-Executive Director
Name: Kevin S. Beeston
   
     
/s/ Terry M. Gateley
 
Non-Executive Director
Name: Terry M. Gateley
   
     
/s/ Anita Frew
 
Non-Executive Director
Name: Anita Frew
   
     
/s/ Robert Stack
 
Non-Executive Director
Name: Robert Stack
   
     
/s/ James Etter
 
Authorized U.S. Representative
Name: James Etter
   

 
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Index to Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Document
Sequentially
Numbered Page
     
(a)
Form of Deposit Agreement
 
     
(d)
Opinion of counsel to the Depositary