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As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2024

Registration No. 333-177086

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.1 TO
FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FOR AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES EVIDENCED BY
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
OF

HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)

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

Republic of South Africa
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

1 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
(212) 250-9100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary’s principal executive offices)

Depositary Management Corporation
570 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2405
New York, NY 1022
(212) 319-4800
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
1 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
(212) 250-9100
Y. Daphne Coelho-Adam, Esq.
Seward & Kissel LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, New York 10004
(212) 574-1200

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:  ☐
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 evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing one ordinary share of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
500,000,000
$0.05
$25,000,000
$3,690.00

*
Each unit represents one American Depositary Share.
**
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 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, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

Pursuant to Rule 429, the Prospectus contained herein also relates to American Depositary Shares registered under Form F-6 Registration Statement No. 333-177086.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-6 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

PROSPECTUS

The prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt, included as Exhibit A to the Form of Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a)(2) to this Post- Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-6 and incorporated herein by reference. 

Item 1.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
 
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET

Item Number and Caption
 
Location in Form of American
Depositary Receipt (“Receipt”)
Filed Herewith as Prospectus
     
1.
Name and address of depositary
 
Introductory paragraph
     
2.
Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of deposited securities
 
Face of Receipt, Top center
     
 
Terms of Deposit:
   
     
 
(i)
The amount of deposited securities represented by one unit of American Depositary Receipts
 
Face of Receipt, Upper right corner
         
 
(ii)
The procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities
 
Articles 15, 16 and 18
         
 
(iii)
The collection and distribution of dividends
 
Articles 4, 12, 13, 15 and 18
         
 
(iv)
The transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material
 
Articles 11, 15, 16 and 18
         
  (v) The sale or exercise of rights   Articles 13, 14, 15 and 18





 
(vi)
The deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization
 
Articles 12, 13, 15, 17 and 18
 
         
 
(vii)
Amendment, extension or termination of the deposit
 
Articles 20 and 21
         
 
(viii)
Rights of holders of Receipts to inspect the transfer books of the depositary and the list of holders of Receipts
 
Article 11
         
 
(ix)
Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities
 
Paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 22
         
 
(x)
Limitation upon the liability of the depositary
 
Article 14, 18, 19 and 21
         
3.
Fees and Charges
 
Article 7


Item 2.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
 
     
Public reports furnished by issuer
Article 11

The Company publishes information in English required to maintain the exemption from registration under Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act on its Internet Web site (https://www.harmony.co.za) or through an electronic information delivery system generally available to the public in its primary trading market.
PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 3.
EXHIBITS
 
(a)(1)
Form of Deposit Agreement.  Form of  Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement dated as of October 7, 2011, by and among Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary (the “Depositary”), and all Owners and holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”), was previously filed as Exhibit (a) to Registration Statement No. 333-177086 and is incorporated herein by reference.
   
(a)(2)
Form of Amendment No. 1 to Deposit Agreement. Form of Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, including the Form of American Depositary Receipt, attached as Exhibit A thereto. - Filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(2).
 
(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 Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited in effect at any time within the last three years. – Not Applicable.
 
(d)
Opinion of 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)
Powers of Attorney for certain officers and directors and the authorized representative of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. – 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 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 under-takes 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 under-takes to notify each registered holder of an American Depositary Receipt 30 days before any change in the fee schedule.
 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, on behalf of the legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement, by and among Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary, and all Owners and holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts 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 Post-Effective Amendment to 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 August 15, 2024.

 
Legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement for the issuance of American Depositary Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares representing ordinary shares of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
 
     
 
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, solely in its capacity as Depositary
 
       
       
 
By:
 /s/Michael Tompkins
 
 
Name:
 Michael Tompkins
 
 
Title:
 Director  
       
       
 
By:
 /s/Michael Curran
 
 
Name:
 Michael Curran
 
 
Title:
 Vice President
 

 
 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Harmony Gold Mining Company 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 Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Randfontein, Republic of South Africa on August 15, 2024.

 
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
 
       
       
 
By:
 /s/Peter Steenkamp
 
 
Name:
 Peter Steenkamp
 
 
Title:
 Chief Executive Officer
 








Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Shela Mohatla, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities the Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) and any documents in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorney full power to act, and full power and authority to do and perform, in his or her name and on his or her behalf, every act whatsoever which such attorney may deem necessary or desirable to be done in connection therewith as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, 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 Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form F-6 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August 15, 2024.

Signatures
 
Capacity
     
     
     
Dr. Patrice Motsepe
 
Non-Executive Chairman
     
     
 /s/Karabo Nondumo
   
Karabo Nondumo
 
Independent Non-Executive Deputy Chairperson
     
     
 
   
Dr. Mavuso Msimang
 
Lead Independent Non-Executive Director
     
     
 /s/Peter Steenkamp
   
Peter Steenkamp
 
Chief Executive Officer
     
     
 /s/Boipelo Lekubo
   
Boipelo Lekubo
 
Financial Director
     
     
     
Dr. Mashego Mashego
 
Executive Director
     
     
     
Bongani Nqwababa
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
     
     
 /s/Vishnu Pillay
   
Vishnu Pillay
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
     
     
 /s/Martin Prinsloo
   
Martin Prinsloo
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
     
     
 /s/Given Sibiya
   
Given Sibiya
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
     
     
 /s/John Wetton
   
John Wetton
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
     
     
 /s/Peter Turner
   
Peter Turner
 
Independent Non-Executive Director


SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form F-6 has been signed by the undersigned in the City of New York, State of New York on August 15, 2024.

 
Depositary Management Corporation, as Authorized U.S. Representative
       
       
 
By:
 /s/George Boychuk
 
 
Name:
George Boychuk
 
 
Title:
Director
 





INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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