F-6 1 a14-33_f6.htm REGISTRATION STATEMENT a14-33_f6.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2014
Registration No. 333-      
 

 
UNITED STATES
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

JD.com, Inc.
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable
(Translation of issuer’s name into English)

Cayman Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 250-9100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary’s principal executive offices)

Law Debenture Corporate Services Inc.
400 Madison
Avenue, 4th Floor,
New York, New York 10017
(212) 750-6474
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
Z. Julie Gao, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
c/o 42/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark
15 Queen's Road Central
Hong Kong
+852 3740-4700
 
Francis Fitzherbert-Brockholes, Esq.
White & Case LLP
5 Old Broad Street
London EC2N 1DW
United Kingdom
+(44) 20 7532-1400

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 :  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, each representing 2 Class A ordinary shares of JD.com, Inc.
500,000,000 American Depositary Shares
$0.05
$25,000,000
$3,220.00
 
1
For the purpose of this table only the term "unit" is defined as 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 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, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the United States Securities and Exchange 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.

 
 

 

PART I
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
The prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt (“Receipt”) included as Exhibits A and B to the form of Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a) to this registration statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 1. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
 
Required Information
 
Location in Form of Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
         
1. 
Name of depositary and address of its principal executive office
 
Face of Receipt – introductory paragraph
 
         
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 (“ADS”)
 
Face of Receipt – upper right corner
 
         
 
(ii) 
The procedure for voting the deposited securities
 
Reverse of Receipt – Articles 14 and 15
         
 
(iii) 
The procedure for collecting and distributing dividends
 
Reverse of Receipt – Articles 13 and 14
         
 
(iv) 
The procedures for transmitting notices, reports and proxy soliciting material
 
Face of Receipt – Article 12;
Reverse of Receipt – Articles 14 and 15
         
 
(v) 
The sale or exercise of rights
 
Reverse of Receipt – Articles 13 and 14
         
 
(vi) 
The deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization
 
Face of Receipt – Articles 3, 6 and 9;
Reverse of Receipt – Articles 13 and 16
         
 
(vii) 
Amendment, extension or termination of the deposit arrangements
 
Reverse of Receipt – Articles 20 and 21 (no provision for extension)
         
 
(viii) 
The rights of holders of Receipts to inspect the books of the depositary and the list of holders of Receipts
 
Face of Receipt – Article 12
         
 
(ix) 
Restrictions upon the right to transfer or withdraw the underlying securities
 
Face of Receipt – Articles 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10
Reverse of Receipt – Article 22
         
 
(x)    
Limitation on the depositary’s liability
 
Face of Receipt – Article 10;
Reverse of Receipt – Articles 15, 16, 17 and 18
         
3.     
Fees and charges that a holder of Receipts may have to pay, either directly or indirectly
 
Face of Receipt – Article 9
 

 
 

 
Item 2. AVAILABLE INFORMATION

Required Information
 
Location in Form of Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
         
(b) 
Periodic reporting requirements and certain reports filed with the Commission
 
Face of Receipt – Article 12

JD.com, Inc. (the “Company”) is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, accordingly, files certain reports with, and furnishes certain reports to, the Commission.  These reports can be retrieved from the Commission’s internet website (www.sec.gov) and can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549.
 
 
PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 3. EXHIBITS
 
 
(a)
Form of Deposit Agreement, by and among the Company, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary (the “Depositary”), and all holders and beneficial owners from time to time of ADSs 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 ADSs 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 White & Case LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities to be registered. — Filed herewith as Exhibit (d).
 
 
(e)
Certificate under Rule 466. — Not applicable.
 
 
(f)
Powers of attorney for certain officers and directors of the Company. — Set forth on 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 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.
 





 
 

 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the 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 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 May 9, 2014.
 
 
Legal entity created by the form of Deposit Agreement for the issuance of Receipts for Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00002 per share of JD.com, Inc.
 
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Depositary
       
       
 
By: 
/s/Christopher Konopelko
 
   
Name: 
Title:
Christopher Konopelko
Director
 
       
       
 
By: 
/s/James Kelly
 
   
Name: 
Title:
James Kelly
Vice President
 
 
 

 
 

 


 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, JD.com, Inc. 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 Beijing, the People's Republic of China, on May 9, 2014.

 
 
JD.com, Inc.
       
       
 
By: 
 /s/ Richard Qiangdong Liu     
 
   
Name: 
Title:
Richard Qiangdong Liu
Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer
 
 


 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of  Richard Qiangdong Liu and Sidney Xuande Huang, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any and all related registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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.
 
Under the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on May 9, 2014, in the capacities indicated.
 

Signature
 
Title
     
/s/ Richard Qiangdong Liu
 
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
Name: Richard Qiangdong Liu
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/ Xufu Li
 
Director
Name: Xufu Li
   
     
/s/ Martin Chi Ping Lau
 
Director
Name: Martin Chi Ping Lau
   
     
/s/ Ming Huang
 
Director
Name: Ming Huang
   
     
/s/ Sidney Xuande Huang
 
Chief Financial Officer
Name: Sidney Xuande Huang
 
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     



 
 

 

SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of JD.com, Inc., has signed this registration statement in New York, New York, United States of America on May 9, 2014.


 
 
Law Debenture Corporate Services Inc.
       
       
 
By: 
 /s/Amy Segler     
 
   
Name:  Amy Segler
 
   
Title: Service of Process Officer
 
 
 

 
 

 


Index to Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Document
(a)
Form of Deposit Agreement
(d)
Opinion of White & Case LLP, counsel to the Depositary