F-6/A 1 df6a.htm PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.1 TO FORM F-6 Pre-Effective Amendment No.1 to Form F-6

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 7, 2010

Registration No. 333-170867

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM F-6

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

For Depositary Shares Evidenced by American Depositary Receipts

 

 

iSoftStone Holdings Limited

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

 

 

N/A

(Translation of issuer’s name into English)

The Cayman Islands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

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

New York, NY 10011-5213

(212) 894-8940

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

 

 

Copy to:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 58th

Floor

New York, New York 10005

Telephone (212) 552-6650

  

Scott R. Saks, Esq.

 

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP 75 E. 55th Street

New York, New York 10022

Telephone (212) 318-6311

  

Kurt J. Berney, Esq.

Portia Ku, Esq.

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Plaza 66, 37th Floor

1266 Nanjing Road West

Shanghai 200040

People’s Republic of China

Telephone (86-21) 2307-7000

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 iSoftStone Holdings Limited

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A
 
 
(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 Securities and Exchange 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 iSoftStone Holdings Limited is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, accordingly files or furnishes certain reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that such reports can be inspected by holders of American Depositary Receipts and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Securities and Exchange 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 iSoftStone Holdings 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. Previously filed.

 

  (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. Previously filed.

 

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 December 7, 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. Levendis        

Name:   Gregory A. Levendis
Title:   Vice President


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, iSoftStone Holdings Limited certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on December 7, 2010.

 

ISOFTSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
By:  

/s/     Tianwen Liu        

Name:   Tianwen Liu
Title:   Chief Executive Officer


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 on December 7, 2010, in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/    Tianwen Liu        

  
Name: Tianwen Liu   

Director, Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

*

  
Name: Yong Feng   

Director, Executive

Vice President

/s/    Xiaosong Zhang        

  
Name: Xiaosong Zhang   

Chief Financial Officer (principal

financial and accounting officer)

*

  
Name: Chung-Kao Hsieh    Director

*

  
Name: Benson Bing Chung Tam    Director

*

  
Name: Ling He    Director

*

  
Name: Al-Noor Gulamali Abdulla Ramji    Director

*

  
Name: Tom Manning    Director

 

*By:   /s/    Tianwen Liu        
  Tianwen Liu
  Attorney-in-Fact

 


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 iSoftStone Holdings Limited has signed this Registration Statement in Newark, Delaware, on December 7, 2010.

 

PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES
By:   /s/    Donald J. Puglisi        
Name:   Donald J. Puglisi
Title:   Managing Director


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

        

Sequentially Numbered Page

(d)

   Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities to be registered.