F-6 1 df6.htm FORM F-6 Form F-6

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2010

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

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

 

 

Mecox Lane Limited

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

N/A

(Translation of issuer’s name into English)

Cayman Islands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. – ADR DEPOSITARY

(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 58th Floor, New York, NY 10005

Telephone (212) 552-6650

(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

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copy to:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   Scott R. Saks, Esq.   David T. Zhang, Esq.

One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 58th Floor

New York, New York 10005

Telephone (212) 552-6650

 

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

75 E. 55th Street

New York, New York 10022

Telephone (212) 318-6311

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

41st Floor, One Exchange Square

8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong

Telephone (852) 2522-7886

It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466
 

¨ immediately upon filing

¨ on (Date) at (Time)

 

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 (1)

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price (2)

 

Amount of

registration fee

American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing ten ordinary shares of Mecox Lane Limited

 

100,000,000

American Depositary Shares

  $0.05   $ 5,000,000   $356.50
 
 
(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.

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 the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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 to the Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a) 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 and bottom of face of American Depositary Receipt
     

(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 ADRs to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of Holders of ADRs    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 Mecox Lane Limited 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) Form of Deposit Agreement. Form of Deposit Agreement, dated as of [            ], 2010, among Mecox Lane Limited, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary (the “Depositary”), and all holders from time to time of ADRs issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”), including the Form of American Depositary Receipt, is 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. 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 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities being registered. Filed herewith as Exhibit (d).

 

  (e) Certification under Rule 466. Not applicable.

 

  (f) Power of Attorney for certain officers and directors of the Company. 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 October 8, 2010.

 

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/ Gregory A. Levandis

Name:

  Gregory A. Levandis

Title:

  Vice President


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on October 8, 2010.

 

MECOX LANE LIMITED

By:  

/s/ Alfred Beichum Gu

Name:   Alfred Beichum Gu
Title:   Director and Chief Executive Officer

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Alfred Beichum Gu and Paul Bang Zhang, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any and all related registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 he may or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their 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 has been signed by the following persons in the indicated capacities on October 8, 2010.

 

Signature

     

Title

/s/ Neil Nanpeng Shen

   

Name: Neil Nanpeng Shen

   

Chairman of the Board

/s/ Alfred Beichum Gu

   

Name: Alfred Beichum Gu

   

Director and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)

/s/ Paul Bang Zhang

   

Name: Paul Bang Zhang

   

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)

/s/ Kelvin Kenling Yu

   

Name: Kelvin Kenling Yu

   

Director


/s/ Jimmy Chik Keung Wong

   

Name: Jimmy Chik Keung Wong

   

Director

/s/ John J. Ying

   

Name: John J. Ying

   

Director

SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT

Under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Mecox Lane Limited has signed this Registration Statement in New York, New York, on October 6, 2010.

 

Authorized U.S. Representative

By:

 

/s/ Donald J. Puglisi

Name:

  Donald J. Puglisi, on behalf of Puglisi & Associates

Title:

  Managing Director


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

      

Sequentially

Numbered Page

(a)   Form of Deposit Agreement (including the Form of ADR), among Mecox Lane Limited, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary, and the holders from time to time of American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder.   
(d)
  Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities to be registered.