-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VwxjnGVm2VPLzQUPOuTg6kS5q+70w50ZTiiAQQmTkRobiKtypU324fBwra4oaAgc pJTr0IHL5G2rbY0/4wpXlw== 0001201935-07-000171.txt : 20071109 0001201935-07-000171.hdr.sgml : 20071109 20071109122708 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001201935-07-000171 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 424B3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ArcelorMittal CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001403882 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: N4 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 424B3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-144169 FILM NUMBER: 071229532 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 19, AVENUE DE LA LIBERT? CITY: LUXEMBOURG STATE: N4 ZIP: L-2930 BUSINESS PHONE: 011 352 4792 2414 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 19, AVENUE DE LA LIBERT? CITY: LUXEMBOURG STATE: N4 ZIP: L-2930 424B3 1 memo424b3arcelormittal.txt The Bank of New York Mellon Novembe rr 6 2007 SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION 450 Fifth Street NW Washington DC 20549 Attn Document Control RE American Depositary Shares evidenced by the American Depositary Receipts each representing One Ordinary Share of Mittal Steel South Africa Limited Form F6 File No 3335658 Ladies and Gentlemen Pursuant to Rule 424b3 under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended on behalf of The Bank of New York as Depositary for securities against which American Depositary Receipts are to be issued we attach a copy of the new prospectus Prospectus reflecting the change in name to ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited of One 1 ordinary share represented by one American Depositary Share the Ratio As required by Rule 424e the upper right hand corner of the Prospectus cover page has a reference to Rule 424b3 and to the file number of the registration statement to which the Prospectus relates Pursuant to Section III B of the General Instructions to the Form F6 Registration Statement the Prospectus consists of the ADR certificate with revised name change for Mittal Steel South Africa Limited The Prospectus has been revised to reflect the new name from Mittal Steel South Africa Limited to ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited EFFECTIVE November 2 2007 THE COMPANYS NAME HAS CHANGED TO ARCELORMITTAL SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED Please contact me with any questions or comments at 212 8153326 Mary Gormley Vice President The Bank of New York Mellon ADR Division Encl CC Paul Dudek Esq Office of International Corporate Finance EX-1 2 exhitbitarcelormittal.txt EFFECTIVE November 2 2007 THE COMPANYS NAME HAS CHANGED TO ARCELORMITTAL SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED Exhibit A to Deposit Agreement No SponsoredExempt AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES Each American Depositary Share represents one 1 deposited Ordinary Share THE BANK OF NEW YORK AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPT FOR ORDINARY SHARES OF THE NOMINAL VALUE OF TEN RAND EACH OF ISCOR LIMITED INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA The Bank of New York as depositary hereinafter called the Depositary hereby certifies that or registered assigns IS THE OWNER OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES representing deposited Ordinary Shares herein called Shares of Iscor Limited a company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of South Africa herein called the Company At the date hereof each American Depositary Share represents the right to receive one 1 Share which is either deposited or subject to deposit under the deposit agreement at the Johannesburg South Africa offices of First National Bank of Southern Africa Limited French Bank of South Africa Limited Nedbank Limited Societe Generale of South Africa Ltd and The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited herein collectively called the Custodian The Depositarys Corporate Trust Office is located at a different address than its principal executive office Its Corporate Trust Office is located at 101 Barclay Street New York NY 10286 and its principal executive office is located at One Wall Street New York NY 10286 THE DEPOSITARYS CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE ADDRESS IS 101 BARCLAY STREET NEW YORK NY 10286 1. THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT This American Depositary Receipt is one of an issue herein called Receipts all issued and to be issued upon the terms and conditions set forth in the deposit agreement dated as of September 9 1996 as amended and restated as of November 29 1999 herein called the Deposit Agreement by and among the Company the Depositary and all Owners and Beneficial Owners from time to time of Receipts issued thereunder each of whom by accepting a Receipt agrees to become a party thereto and become bound by all the terms and conditions thereof The Deposit Agreement sets forth the rights of Owners and holders of the Receipts and the rights and duties of the Depositary in respect of the Shares deposited thereunder and any and all other securities property and cash from time to time received in respect of such Shares and held thereunder such Shares securities property and cash are herein called Deposited Securities Copies of the Deposit Agreement are on file at the Depositarys Corporate Trust Office in New York City and at the office of the Custodian The statements made on the face and reverse of this Receipt are summaries of certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement and are qualified by and subject to the detailed provisions of the Deposit Agreement to which reference is hereby made Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Deposit Agreement 2. SURRENDER OF RECEIPTS AND WITHDRAWAL OF SHARES Upon surrender at the Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary of this Receipt and upon payment of the fee of the Depositary provided for in Section 509 of the Deposit Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement the Articles of Association of the Company the Deposited Securities and applicable law the Owner hereof is entitled to delivery to him or upon his order of the Deposited Securities at the time represented by the American Depositary Shares for which this Receipt is issued Delivery of such Deposited Securities may be made by the delivery of a certificates in the name of the Owner hereof or as ordered by him or the delivery of certificates properly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument or instruments of transfer and b any other securities property and cash to which such Owner is then entitled in respect of this Receipt Such delivery will be made at the option of the Owner hereof either at the office of the Custodian or at the Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary provided that the forwarding of certificates for Shares or other Deposited Securities for such delivery at the Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary shall be at the risk and expense of the Owner hereof 3. TRANSFERS SPLITUPS AND COMBINATIONS OF RECEIPTS Subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement including payment of the fees of the Depositary as provided in Section 509 thereof the transfer of this Receipt is registrable without unreasonable delay on the books of the Depositary at its Corporate Trust Office by the Owner hereof in person or by a duly authorized attorney upon surrender at the Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary of this Receipt properly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by a proper instrument or instruments of transfer and funds sufficient to pay any applicable transfer taxes and the expenses of the Depositary and upon compliance with such regulations if any as the Depositary may establish for such purpose This Receipt may be split into other such Receipts or may be combined with other such Receipts into one Receipt evidencing the same aggregate number of American Depositary Shares as the Receipt or Receipts surrendered As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery registration of transfer splitup combination or surrender of any Receipt or withdrawal of any Deposited Securities the Depositary the Custodian or Registrar may require payment from the presentor of the Receipt of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or other governmental charge and any stock transfer or registration fee with respect thereto including any such tax or charge or fee with respect to the Shares being deposited or withdrawn and payment of any applicable fees as provided in Section 509 of the Deposit Agreement may require the production of proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature and may also require compliance with any reasonable regulations if any the Depositary may establish consistent with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement or this Receipt The delivery of Receipts against deposits of Shares generally or against deposits of particular Shares may be suspended or deposits of Shares may be refused or the transfer of Receipts in particular instances may be refused or the registration of transfer splitup or combination of outstanding Receipts or the surrender of outstanding Receipts may be suspended generally or in particular instances during any period when the transfer books of the Depositary or the Company or the Foreign Registrar if applicable are closed or if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary or the Company at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission or under any provision of the Deposit Agreement or this Receipt or for any other reason subject to the provisions of the following sentence Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Deposit Agreement or this Receipt the surrender of outstanding Receipts and withdrawal of Deposited Securities may not be suspended except for i temporary delays caused by closing the transfer books of the Depositary or the Company or the deposit of Shares in connection with voting at a shareholders meeting or the payment of dividends ii the payment of fees taxes and similar charges and iii compliance with any US or foreign laws or governmental regulations relating to the Receipts or to the withdrawal of the Deposited Securities Without limitation of the foregoing the Depositary shall not knowingly accept for deposit under the Deposit Agreement any Shares required to be registered under the provisions of the Securities Act unless a registration statement is in effect as to such Shares 4. LIABILITY OF OWNER FOR TAXES If any tax or other governmental charge shall become payable with respect to any Receipt or any Deposited Securities represented by the American Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt such tax or other governmental charge shall be payable by the Owner or Beneficial Owner of such Receipt to the Depositary The Depositary may and upon receipt of instructions from the Company shall refuse to effect registration of transfer of such Receipt or any splitup or combination thereof or any withdrawal of Deposited Securities represented by the American Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt until such payment is made and may withhold any dividends or other distributions in respect of any Deposited Securities or may sell for the account of the Owner or Beneficial Owner thereof any part or all of the Deposited Securities represented by the American Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt and may apply such dividends or other distributions or the proceeds of any such sale in payment of such tax or other governmental charge and the Owner or Beneficial Owner of such Receipt shall remain liable for any deficiency 5. WARRANTIES OF DEPOSITORS Every person depositing Shares hereunder shall be deemed thereby to represent and warrant that such Shares and each certificate therefor are validly issued fully paid non assessable and free of any preemptive rights of the holders of outstanding Shares and that the person making such deposit is duly authorized to do so Every such person shall also be deemed to represent that such Shares are not and the Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares representing such Shares would not be Restricted Securities Such representations and warranties shall survive the deposit of such Shares and the issuance of Receipts 6. FILING PROOFS CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION Any person presenting Shares for deposit or any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file with the Depositary or the Custodian such proof of citizenship or residence exchange control approval proof of the identity of any person legally or beneficially interested in the Receipt and the nature of such interest proof of compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and provisions of or governing Deposited Securities and the terms of the Deposit Agreement or such information relating to the registration on the books of the Company or the Foreign Registrar if applicable of the Shares presented for deposit or other information to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the Depositary may deem necessary or proper or as the Company may reasonably require by written request to the Depositary The Depositary agrees to comply with reasonable written instructions received from the Company requesting that the Depositary forward any such requests to the Owners The Depositary may and at the reasonable written request of the Company shall withhold the delivery or registration of transfer of any Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or distribution of rights or of the sale proceeds thereof or the delivery of any Deposited Securities until such proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties made No Share shall be accepted for deposit unless accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Depositary if any is required by the Depositary that all conditions to such deposit have been satisfied by the person depositing such Shares under South African laws and regulations and that any necessary approval has been granted by the governmental authority or body in the Republic of South Africa if any which is then performing the function of the regulation of currency exchange or any other function which requires approval for the deposit of Shares Each Owner and Beneficial Owner agrees to provide any information requested by the Company or the Depositary pursuant to this paragraph 7. CHARGES OF DEPOSITARY The Company agrees to pay the fees and reasonable expenses of the Depositary and those of any Registrar only in accordance with the agreements in writing entered into between the Depositary and the Company from time to time The Depositary shall present its statement for such charges and expenses to the Company once every three months The charges and expenses of the Custodian are for the sole account of the Depositary The following charges shall be incurred by any party depositing or withdrawing Shares or by any party surrendering Receipts or to whom Receipts are issued including without limitation issuance pursuant to a stock dividend or stock split declared by the Company or an exchange of stock regarding the Receipts or Deposited Securities or a distribution of Receipts pursuant to Section 403 of the Deposit Agreement whichever applicable 1 taxes and other governmental charges 2 such registration fees as may from time to time be in effect for the registration of transfers of Shares generally on the Share register of the Company or the appointed agent of the Company for transfer and registration of the Shares and accordingly applicable to transfers of Shares to the name of the Depositary or its nominee or the Custodian or its nominee on the making of deposits or withdrawals hereunder 3 such cable telex and facsimile transmission expenses as are expressly provided in the Deposit Agreement to be at the expense of persons depositing Shares or Owners 4 such expenses as are incurred by the Depositary in the conversion of Foreign Currency pursuant to Section 405 of the Deposit Agreement 5 a fee not in excess of $500 per 100 American Depositary Shares or portion thereof for the execution and delivery of Receipts pursuant to Section 203 the execution and delivery of Receipts pursuant to Section 403 and the surrender of Receipts pursuant to Section 205 of the Deposit Agreement 6 a fee not in excess of $02 per American Depositary Share or portion thereof for any cash distribution made pursuant to the Deposit Agreement including but not limited to Sections 401 through 404 thereof and 7 a fee for the distribution of proceeds of sales of securities or rights pursuant to Sections 402 or 404 of the Deposit Agreement such fee which may be deducted from such proceeds being in an amount equal to the lesser of i the fee for the issuance of American Depositary Shares referred to above which would have been charged as a result of the deposit by Owners of securities for purposes of this clause 7 treating all such securities as if they were Shares or Shares received in exercise of rights distributed to them pursuant to Sections 402 or 404 respectively of the Deposit Agreement but which securities rights are instead sold by the Depositary and the net proceeds distributed and ii the amount of such proceeds The Depositary subject to Section 209 of the Deposit Agreement may own and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in Receipts 8. LOANS AND PRERELEASE OF SHARES AND RECEIPTS The Depositary may issue Receipts against rights to receive Shares from the Company or any agent of the Company recording Share ownership No such issue of Receipts will be deemed a PreRelease subject to the restrictions of the following paragraph Unless requested in writing by the Company to cease doing so the Depositary may notwithstanding Section 203 of the Deposit Agreement execute and deliver Receipts prior to the receipt of Shares pursuant to Section 202 of the Deposit Agreement PreRelease of Receipts and may deliver Shares prior to the receipt and cancellation of Receipts if the person to whom such Shares are to be delivered is a banking institution organized pursuant to the laws of the Republic of South Africa South African Bank PreRelease of Shares PreRelease of Receipts and PreRelease of Shares are collectively referred to herein as PreRelease The Depositary may pursuant to Section 205 of the Deposit Agreement deliver Shares upon the receipt and cancellation of Receipts which have been PreReleased whether or not such cancellation is prior to the termination of such PreRelease of Shares or the Depositary knows that such Receipt has been PreReleased The Depositary may receive Receipts in lieu of Shares in satisfaction of a PreRelease Each PreRelease will be a preceded or accompanied by a written representation from the person to whom Receipts or Shares are to be delivered PreReleasee that such PreReleasee or its customer i owns the Shares or Receipts to be remitted as the case may be and ii assigns all beneficial right title and interest in such Shares or Receipts as the case may be to the Depositary in its capacity as such and for the benefit of the Owners and iii will not take any action with respect to such Shares or Receipts as the case may be that is inconsistent with the transfer of beneficial ownership including without the consent of the Depositary disposing of such Shares or Receipts as the case may be other than in satisfaction of such PreRelease b at all times fully collateralized with cash or such other collateral as the Depositary deems appropriate and in connection with the PreRelease of Shares preceded or accompanied by an unconditional guaranty by the PreReleasee to deliver Receipts for cancellation on the same calendar day on which the Shares are delivered to the PreReleasee or if such Receipts are not so delivered to return the Shares c terminable by the Depositary on not more than five 5 business days notice and d subject to such further indemnities and credit regulations as the Depositary deems appropriate The number of American Depositary Shares which are outstanding at any time as a result of PreReleases will not normally exceed thirty percent 30% of the Shares deposited hereunder provided however that the Depositary reserves the right to change or disregard such limit from time to time as it deems appropriate and may with the prior written consent of the Company change such limit for purposes of general application The Depositary will also set dollar limits with respect to PreRelease transactions to be entered into hereunder with any particular PreReleasee on a casebycase basis as the Depositary deems appropriate For purposes of enabling the Depositary to fulfill its obligations to the Owners under the Deposit Agreement the collateral referred to in clause b above shall be held by the Depositary as security for the performance of the PreReleasees obligations to the Depositary in connection with a PreRelease transaction including the PreReleasees obligation to deliver Shares or Receipts upon termination of a PreRelease transaction and shall not for the avoidance of doubt constitute Deposited Securities hereunder The Depositary may retain for its own account any compensation received by it in connection with the foregoing 9. TITLE TO RECEIPTS It is a condition of this Receipt and every successive Owner and Beneficial Owner of this Receipt by accepting or holding the same consents and agrees that title to this Receipt when properly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument or instruments of transfer and transferred in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement including without limitation Sections 204 and 206 thereof is transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument under the laws of New York provided however that the Company and the Depositary notwithstanding any notice to the contrary may treat the person in whose name this Receipt is registered on the books of the Depositary as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distribution of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in the Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes and neither the Depositary nor the Company shall have any obligation or be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to any holder of a Receipt unless such holder is the Owner or Beneficial Owner thereof 10. VALIDITY OF RECEIPT This Receipt shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless this Receipt shall have been executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary and if a Registrar for the Receipts shall have been appointed countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Registrar 11. REPORTS INSPECTION OF TRANSFER BOOKS The Company currently furnishes the Securities and Exchange Commission hereinafter called the Commission with certain public reports and documents required by foreign law or otherwise under Rule 12g32b under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Such reports and communications will be available for inspection and copying at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission located at 450 Fifth Street NW Washington DC 20549 If at any time the Company is neither a reporting company under Section 13 or 15d of the Securities Exchange Act nor exempt from the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 12g32b thereunder as determined by the Office of International Corporate Finance of the Commission the Company shall immediately so notify the Depositary and the Depositary may so notify the Owners in writing at the Companys expense The Depositary will make available for inspection by Owners of Receipts at its Corporate Trust Office any reports and communications including any proxy soliciting material received from the Company which are both a received by the Depositary or the Custodian as the holder of the Deposited Securities and b made generally available to the holders of such Deposited Securities by the Company The Depositary will also send to Owners of Receipts copies of such reports when furnished by the Company pursuant to Section 506 of the Deposit Agreement The Depositary will keep books at its Corporate Trust Office for the registration of Receipts and transfers of Receipts which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Owners of Receipts provided that such inspection shall not be for the purpose of communicating with Owners of Receipts in the interest of a business or object other than the business of the Company or a matter related to the Deposit Agreement or the Receipts 12. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS Whenever the Depositary or the Custodian receives any cash dividend or other cash distribution on any Deposited Securities the Depositary will if at the time of receipt thereof any amounts received in a Foreign Currency can in the judgment of the Depositary be converted on a reasonable basis into Dollars transferable to the United States and subject to the Deposit Agreement as promptly as practicable convert such dividend or distribution into Dollars and will distribute by checks drawn on a bank or banks in the United States the amount thus received to the Owners of Receipts entitled thereto provided however that in the event that the Company or the Depositary is required to withhold and does withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of any Deposited Security an amount on account of taxes or other governmental charges the amount distributed to the Owners of the Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares representing such Deposited Securities shall be reduced accordingly Subject to the provisions of Section 411 and 509 of the Deposit Agreement whenever the Depositary receives any distribution other than a distribution described in Sections 401 403 or 404 of the Deposit Agreement the Depositary will cause the securities or property received by it to be distributed to the Owners of Receipts entitled thereto after the deduction or upon payment of any fees or other governmental charges in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution provided however that if in the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among the Owners of Receipts entitled thereto or if for any other reason the Depositary deems such distribution not to be feasible the Depositary may after Consultation with the Company to the extent practical adopt such method as it may deem equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution including but not limited to the public or private sale of the securities or property thus received or any part thereof and the net proceeds of any such sale net of the fees of the Depositary as provided in Section 509 of the Deposit Agreement shall be distributed by the Depositary to the Owners of Receipts entitled thereto as in the case of a distribution received in cash pursuant to Section 401 of the Deposit Agreement provided however that no distribution to Owners shall be unreasonably delayed by any action of the Depositary or any of its agents If any distribution consists of a dividend in or free distribution of Shares the Depositary may and shall if the Company shall so request instruct the Company to deposit or cause such Shares to be deposited with or credited to the account of the Custodian and distribute to the Owners of outstanding Receipts entitled thereto additional Receipts evidencing an aggregate number of American Depositary Shares representing the amount of Shares received as such dividend or free distribution subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement with respect to the deposit of Shares and the issuance of American Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts including the withholding of any tax or other governmental charges as provided in Section 411 of the Deposit Agreement and the payment of the fees of the Depositary as provided in Section 509 of the Deposit Agreement In lieu of delivering Receipts for fractional American Depositary Shares in any such case the Depositary will sell the amount of Shares represented by the aggregate of such fractions and distribute the net proceeds all in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in the Deposit Agreement provided however that no distribution to Owners shall be unreasonably delayed by any action of the Depositary or any of its agents If additional Receipts are not so distributed each American Depositary Share shall thenceforth also represent the additional Shares distributed upon the Deposited Securities represented thereby In the event that the Depositary determines that any distribution in property including Shares and rights to subscribe therefor is subject to any tax or other governmental charge which the Depositary is obligated to withhold the Depositary may by public or private sale dispose of all or a portion of such property including Shares and rights to subscribe therefor in such amounts and in such manner as the Depositary deems necessary and practicable to pay any such taxes or charges and the Depositary shall distribute the net proceeds of any such sale after deduction of such taxes or charges to the Owners of Receipts entitled thereto The Depositary or its agent shall use reasonable efforts to make and maintain arrangements enabling Owners who are citizens or residents of the United States to receive tax credits or other benefits pursuant to treaty or otherwise relating to dividend payments on the American Depositary Shares 13. CONVERSION OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Whenever the Depositary shall receive Foreign Currency by way of dividends or other distributions or the net proceeds from the sale of securities property or rights and if at the time of the receipt thereof the Foreign Currency so received can in the judgment of the Depositary be converted on a reasonable basis into Dollars and the resulting Dollars transferred to the United States the Depositary shall convert or cause to be converted as promptly as practicable by sale or in any other manner that it may determine such Foreign Currency into Dollars and such Dollars shall be distributed to the Owners entitled thereto or if the Depositary shall have distributed any warrants or other instruments which entitle the holders thereof to such Dollars then to the holders of such warrants and/or instruments as applicable upon surrender thereof for cancellation in whole or in part depending upon the terms of such warrants or other instruments Such distribution may be made upon an averaged or other practicable basis without regard to any distinctions among Owners on account of exchange restrictions the date of delivery of any Receipt or otherwise and shall be net of any expenses of conversion into Dollars incurred by the Depositary as provided in Section 509 of the Deposit Agreement If such conversion or distribution can be effected only with the approval or license of any government or agency thereof the Depositary shall file such application for approval or license if any as it may deem desirable If at any time the Depositary shall determine in its judgment that any Foreign Currency received by the Depositary is not convertible on a reasonable basis into Dollars transferable to the United States or if any approval or license of any government or agency thereof which is required for such conversion is denied or in the opinion of the Depositary is not obtainable or if any such approval or license is not obtained within a reasonable period as determined by the Depositary the Depositary may distribute the Foreign Currency or an appropriate document evidencing the right to receive such Foreign Currency received by the Depositary to or in its discretion may hold such Foreign Currency uninvested and without liability for interest thereon for the respective accounts of the Owners entitled to receive the same If any such conversion of Foreign Currency in whole or in part cannot be effected for distribution to some of the Owners entitled thereto the Depositary may in its discretion make such conversion and distribution in Dollars to the extent permissible to the Owners entitled thereto and may distribute the balance of the Foreign Currency received by the Depositary to or hold such balance uninvested and without liability for interest thereon for the respective accounts of the Owners entitled thereto 14. RIGHTS In the event that the Company shall offer or cause to be offered to the holders of any Deposited Securities any rights to subscribe for additional Shares or any rights of any other nature the Depositary after Consultation with the Company to the extent practicable shall have discretion as to the procedure to be followed in making such rights available to any Owners or in disposing of such rights on behalf of any Owners and making the net proceeds available in Dollars to such Owners or if by the terms of such rights offering or for any other reason it would be unlawful or infeasible for the Depositary to either make such rights available to any Owners or dispose of such rights and make the net proceeds available to such Owners then the Depositary shall allow the rights to lapse If at the time of the offering of any rights the Depositary determines in its discretion that it is lawful and feasible to make such rights available to all Owners or to certain Owners but not to other Owners the Depositary may distribute to any Owner to whom it determines the distribution to be lawful and feasible in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares held by such Owner warrants or other instruments therefor in such form as it deems appropriate If the Depositary determines in its discretion that it is not lawful and feasible to make such rights available to certain Owners it may sell the rights or warrants or other instruments in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares held by the Owners to whom it has determined it may not lawfully or feasibly make such rights available and allocate the net proceeds of such sales net of the fees of the Depositary as provided in Section 509 of the Deposit Agreement for the account of such Owners otherwise entitled to such rights warrants or other instruments upon an averaged or other practical basis without regard to any distinctions among such Owners because of exchange restrictions or the date of delivery of any Receipt or otherwise The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to determine that it may be lawful or feasible to make such rights available to Owners in general or any Owner in particular In circumstances in which rights would otherwise not be distributed if an Owner of Receipts requests the distribution of warrants or other instruments in order to exercise the rights allocable to the American Depositary Shares of such Owner hereunder the Depositary will make such rights available to such Owner upon written notice from the Company to the Depositary that a the Company has elected in its sole discretion to permit such rights to be exercised and b such Owner has executed such documents as the Company has determined in its sole discretion are reasonably required under applicable law If the Depositary has distributed warrants or other instruments for rights to all or certain Owners then upon instruction pursuant to such warrants or other instruments to the Depositary from such an Owner to exercise such rights upon payment by such Owner to the Depositary for the account of such Owner of an amount equal to the purchase price of the Shares to be received upon the exercise of the rights and upon payment of the fees of the Depositary and any other charges as set forth in such warrants or other instruments the Depositary shall on behalf of such Owner exercise the rights and purchase the Shares and the Company shall cause the Shares so purchased to be delivered to the Depositary on behalf of such Owner As agent for such Owner the Depositary will cause the Shares so purchased to be deposited pursuant to Section 202 of the Deposit Agreement and shall pursuant to Section 203 of the Deposit Agreement execute and deliver Receipts to such Owner In the case of a distribution pursuant to the second paragraph of this section such Receipts shall be legended in the manner provided in Section 201 of the Deposit Agreement and in accordance with appropriate US law and shall be subject to the appropriate restrictions on sale deposit cancellation and transfer provided under the Deposit Agreement If the Depositary determines in its discretion that it is not lawful and feasible to make such rights available to all or certain Owners it shall use its best efforts to sell the rights warrants or other instruments in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares held by the Owners to whom it has determined it may not lawfully or feasibly make such rights available and allocate the net proceeds of such sales net of the fees of the Depositary as provided in Section 509 of the Deposit Agreement and all taxes and governmental charges payable in connection with such rights and subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement for the account of such Owners otherwise entitled to such rights warrants or other instruments upon an averaged or other practical basis without regard to any distinctions among such Owners because of exchange restrictions or the date of delivery of any Receipt or otherwise The Depositary will not offer rights to Owners unless both the rights and the securities to which such rights relate are either exempt from registration under the Securities Act with respect to a distribution to Owners or are registered under the provisions of such Act provided that the Company shall have no obligation to file a registration statement with respect to such rights or underlying securities or to endeavor to have such a registration statement declared effective If an Owner of Receipts requests the distribution of warrants or other instruments notwithstanding that there has been no such registration under such Act the Depositary shall not effect such distribution unless it has received an opinion from recognized counsel in the United States for the Company upon which the Depositary may rely that such distribution to such Owner is exempt from such registration The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to determine that it may be lawful or feasible to make such rights available to Owners in general or any Owner in particular 15. RECORD DATES Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made or whenever rights shall be issued with respect to the Deposited Securities or whenever for any reason the Depositary causes a change in the number of Shares that are represented by each American Depositary Share or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting of holders of Shares or other Deposited Securities the Depositary shall fix a record date a for the determination of the Owners of Receipts who shall be i entitled to receive such dividend distribution or rights or the net proceeds of the sale thereof or ii entitled to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting or b for fixing the date on or after which each American Depositary Share will represent the changed number of Shares Subject to the provisions of Sections 401 through 405 of the Deposit Agreement and to the other terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement the Owners on such record date shall be entitled as the case may be to receive the amount distributable by the Depositary with respect to such dividend or other distribution or such rights or the net proceeds of sale thereof in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts held by them respectively and to give voting instructions to exercise the rights of Owners hereunder with respect to such changed number of Shares and to act in respect of any other such matter Such record date shall be to the extent practicable the same as the corresponding record date established by the Company for the same purpose and if this is not practicable shall be fixed after Consultation with the Company 16. VOTING OF DEPOSITED SECURITIES Upon receipt of notice of any meeting of holders of Shares or other Deposited Securities if requested in writing by the Company the Depositary shall as soon as practicable thereafter mail to the Owners a notice the form of which notice shall be in the sole discretion of the Depositary which shall contain a such information as is contained in such notice of meeting received by the Depositary from the Company b a statement that the Owners as of the close of business on a specified record date will be entitled subject to any applicable provisions of South African law of the Deposited Securities and of the Articles of Association of the Company to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights if any pertaining to the amount of Shares or other Deposited Securities represented by their respective American Depositary Shares and c a statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given including when applicable an express indication that instructions may be given or if applicable will be deemed given in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 407 of the Deposit Agreement if no instruction is received to the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company Upon the written or deemed request of an Owner on such record date received on or before the date established by the Depositary for such purpose the Depositary shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted or to grant a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company to vote the amount of Shares or other Deposited Securities the right to receive which is represented by the American Depositary Shares evidenced by such Owners Receipt in accordance with any instructions set forth in such request The Depositary shall not and the Depositary shall ensure that each Custodian or any of its nominees shall not vote or attempt to exercise the right to vote that attaches to the Shares or other Deposited Securities other than in accordance with such instructions If the Depositary does not receive instructions from an Owner on or before the date established by the Depositary for such purpose such Owner shall be deemed and the Depositary shall deem such Owner to have instructed the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company to vote the underlying Shares provided that no such discretionary proxy shall be deemed given with respect to any matter as to which the Company informs the Depositary in writing at the time notice of any meeting or solicitation of consents or proxies is received by the Custodian to the effect that i the Company does not wish such proxy given ii substantial opposition exists or iii the rights of holders of Shares will be materially and adversely affected 17. CHANGES AFFECTING DEPOSITED SECURITIES In circumstances where the provisions of Section 403 of the Deposit Agreement do not apply upon any change in nominal value change in par value splitup consolidation or any other reclassification of Deposited Securities or upon any recapitalization reorganization merger or consolidation or sale of assets affecting the Company or to which it is a party any securities which shall be received by the Depositary or a Custodian in exchange for or in conversion of or in respect of Deposited Securities shall be treated as new Deposited Securities under the Deposit Agreement and American Depositary Shares shall thenceforth represent in addition to the existing Deposited Securities if any the right to receive the new Deposited Securities so received in exchange or conversion unless additional Receipts are delivered pursuant to the following sentence In any such case the Depositary may after giving notice to the Company and shall if the Company shall so request execute and deliver additional Receipts as in the case of a dividend on the Shares or call for the surrender of outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new Deposited Securities 18. LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their directors employees agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of any Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law regulation order decree moratorium or fiat of the United States the Republic of South Africa or any other country or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange including NASDAQ or by reason of any provision present or future of the Articles of Association of the Company or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company or any offering or distribution thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond its control the Depositary or the Company or any of their directors employees agents or affiliates shall be prevented delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed nor shall the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors employees agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of any Receipt by reason of any nonperformance or delay caused as aforesaid in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed or by reason of any exercise of or failure to exercise any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement or the Articles of Association of the Company Where by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Sections 401 402 or 403 of the Deposit Agreement or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 404 of the Deposit Agreement because of applicable law or for any other reason such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering and shall allow any rights if applicable to lapse Neither the Company nor the Depositary assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Beneficial Owners of Receipts except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities Neither the Depositary nor the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in prosecute or defend any action suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the Receipts which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability unless indemnity satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings the responsibility of the Custodian being solely to the Depositary Neither the Depositary nor the Company shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel accountants any person presenting Shares for deposit any Owner or holder of a Receipt or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information including but not limited to any such action or nonaction based upon any written notice request direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary its directors employees agents and affiliates and any Custodian against and hold each of them harmless from any liability or expense including but not limited to the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel which may arise out of acts performed or omitted in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts as the same may be amended modified or supplemented from time to time i by either the Depositary or any Custodian or their respective directors employees agents and affiliates except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence of any of them or the failure of any of them to act in good faith ii by the Company or any of its directors employees agents and affiliates The indemnities contained in the preceding sentence shall not extend to any liability or expense which arises out of a a PreRelease as defined in Section 209 of the Deposit Agreement of a Receipt or Receipts and which would not otherwise have arisen had such Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a PreRelease or b a PreRelease as defined in Section 209 of the Deposit Agreement of a Share or Shares and which would not otherwise have arisen had such Share or Shares not been the subject of a PreRelease provided however that for the avoidance of doubt the indemnities provided in the preceding sentence shall apply to any such liability or expense subject to the limitations contained in the preceding sentence to the extent that such liability or expense would have arisen had a Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a PreRelease The Depositary agrees to indemnify the Company its directors employees agents and affiliates and hold them harmless from any liability or expense including but not limited to the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel which may arise out of acts performed or omitted by the Depositary or its Custodian or their respective directors employees agents and affiliates due to their negligence or failure to act in good faith No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement 19. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITARY The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by written notice of its election so to do delivered to the Company such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as provided in the Deposit Agreement The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by written notice of such removal effective upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as provided in the Deposit Agreement Whenever the Depositary in its discretion determines that it is in the best interest of the Owners of Receipts to do so it may appoint a substitute or additional custodian or custodians Promptly after any such registration discharge or appointment the Depositary shall give notice thereof in writing to all Owners 20. AMENDMENT The form of the Receipts and any provisions of the Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended without the consent of the Owners or Beneficial Owners by agreement between the Company and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable Any amendment which shall impose or increase any fees or charges other than taxes and other governmental charges registration fees cable telex or facsimile transmission costs delivery costs or other such expenses or which shall otherwise prejudice any substantial existing right of Owners of Receipts shall however not become effective as to outstanding Receipts until the expiration of thirty days after notice of such amendment pursuant to Section 705 of the Deposit Agreement shall have been given to the Owners of outstanding Receipts Every Owner and Beneficial Owner of a Receipt at the time any amendment so becomes effective shall be deemed by continuing to hold such Receipt to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby 21. TERMINATION OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT The Depositary shall at any time at the direction of the Company terminate the Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of such termination to the Owners of all Receipts then outstanding at least 30 days prior to the date fixed in such notice for such termination The Depositary may likewise terminate the Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of such termination to the Company and the Owners of all Receipts then outstanding if at any time 90 days shall have expired after the Depositary shall have delivered to the Company a written notice of its election to resign and a successor depositary shall not have been appointed and accepted its appointment as provided in the Deposit Agreement On and after the date of termination the Owner of a Receipt will upon a surrender of such Receipt at the Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary b payment of the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of Receipts referred to in Section 205 of the Deposit Agreement and c payment of any applicable taxes or governmental charges will be entitled to delivery to him or upon his order of the amount of Deposited Securities represented by the American Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt If any Receipts shall remain outstanding after the date of termination the Depositary thereafter shall discontinue the registration of transfers of Receipts shall suspend the distribution of dividends and other distributions to the Owners thereof and shall not give any further notices or perform any further acts under the Deposit Agreement except that the Depositary shall continue to collect dividends and other distributions pertaining to Deposited Securities shall sell rights and other property as provided in the Deposit Agreement and shall continue to deliver Deposited Securities together with any dividends or other distributions received with respect thereto and the net proceeds of the sale of any rights or other property in exchange for Receipts surrendered to the Depositary after deducting in each case the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of a Receipt any expenses for the account of the Owner of such Receipt in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement and any applicable taxes or governmental charges At any time after the expiration of one year from the date of termination the Depositary may sell the Deposited Securities then held under the Deposit Agreement and may thereafter hold uninvested the net proceeds of any such sale together with any other cash then held by it thereunder unsegregated and without liability for interest for the pro rata benefit of the Owners of Receipts which have not theretofore been surrendered such Owners thereupon becoming general creditors of the Depositary with respect to such net proceeds After making such sale the Depositary shall be discharged from all obligations under the Deposit Agreement except to account for such net proceeds and other cash after deducting in each case the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of a Receipt any expenses for the account of the Owner of such Receipt in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement and any applicable taxes or governmental charges and except for its obligations to the Company under Section 508 of the Deposit Agreement Upon the termination of the Deposit Agreement the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under the Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary with respect to indemnification charges and expenses 22. COMPLIANCE WITH US SECURITIES LAWS Notwithstanding anything in the Deposit Agreement or this Receipt to the contrary the Company and the Depositary each agrees that it will not exercise any rights it has under the Deposit Agreement to prevent the withdrawal or delivery of Deposited Securities in a manner which would violate the US securities laws including but not limited to Section IA1 of the General Instructions to the Form F6 Registration Statement as amended from time to time under the Securities Act of 1933 1 59 IscRcpt2.doc\cc -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----