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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 2024

Registration No. 333-114841

Registration No. 333-120669

Registration No. 333-128198

Registration No. 333-147956

Registration No. 333-210057

Registration No. 333-259927

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT

TO

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT No. 333-114841

(as previously amended by two Post-Effective Amendments)

 

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT No. 333-120669

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT No. 333-128198

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT No. 333-147956

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT No. 333-210057

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT No. 333-259927

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ORANGE

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  

France

 

Not applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

111 quai du Président Roosevelt

92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

France Telecom Liquidity Plan for US Employees of Orange SA

France Telecom US Employee Shareholding Plan - November 2004

France Telecom Liquidity Plan for US Employees of Orange holding stock options

France Telecom US Employee Shareholding Plan - September 2005

France Telecom US Employee Shareholding Plan Orange Success 2007

Orange Employee Share Offering

Orange Employee Share Offering - Together 2021

(Full titles of the plans)


 

 

Orange Participations U.S. Inc.

13685 Sunrise Valley Drive

Coppermine Commons, Suite 425

20171-6190 Herndon, Virginia

USA

Tel. No.: +1-703-471-2458

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

Copies to:

Linda Hesse

JONES DAY

2 rue Saint-Florentin

75001 Paris, France

+33(0) 1 56 59 38 72

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

 

 

Accelerated filer

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

 

Smaller reporting company

 

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. 

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the "Registration Statements"), filed by Orange S.A. (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"):

     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-114841), filed with the SEC on April 26, 2004, as amended on September 7, 2005 and December 7, 2007, registering an aggregate of 2,150,000 ordinary shares issuable under the France Telecom Liquidity Plan for US Employees of Orange SA.

     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-120669), filed with the SEC on November 22, 2004, registering an aggregate of 1,000,000 ordinary shares issuable under the France Telecom US Employee Shareholding Plan - November 2004.

     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-128198), filed with the SEC on September 9, 2005, registering an aggregate of 400,000 ordinary shares issuable under the France Telecom US Employee Shareholding Plan - September 2005.

     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-147956), filed with the SEC on December 7, 2007, registering an aggregate of 200,000 ordinary shares issuable under France Telecom US Employee Shareholding Plan Orange Success 2007.

     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-210057), filed with the SEC on March 10, 2016, registering an aggregate of 200,000 ordinary shares under the Orange Employee Share Offering plan.

     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-259927), filed with the SEC on September 30, 2021, registering an aggregate of 400,000 ordinary shares issuable under the Orange Employee Share Offering - Together 2021.

 

In accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant in each of the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that were registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all of such securities of the Registrant registered but unsold under each of the Registration Statements. As a result of this deregistration, no securities remain registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statements.

 

 

Item 8. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

Description

24

Power of Attorney

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on October 17, 2024.

 

 

 

Orange

By:

 

 

 

/s/ Matthieu Bouchery

 

 

 

 

Matthieu Bouchery

 

 

 

 

Group Treasurer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on October 17, 2024.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

*

 

 

Christel Heydemann

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

/s/ Laurent Martinez

 

 

Laurent Martinez

 

Executive Vice President, Finance, Performance and Development (Chief Financial Officer)

 

/s/ Vincent Fleury

 

 

Vincent Fleury

 

Principal Accounting Officer

 

*

 

 

Jacques Aschenbroich

 

Chairman

Alexandre Bompard

 

Director

Sébastien Crozier

 

Director

*

 

 

Céline Fornaro

 

Director

*

 

 

Vincent Gimeno

 

Director

*

 

 

Gilles Grapinet

 

Director

Anne-Gabrielle Heilbronner

 

Director

 

*

 

 

Valérie Beaulieu-James

 

Director

Anne Lange

 

Director

 

*

 

 

Momar Nguer

 

Director

 

*

 

 

Frédéric Sanchez

 

Director

 

*

 

 

Magali Vallée

 

Director

 

*

 

 

Bpifrance Participations, S.A. (represented by Thierry Sommelet)

 

Director

 

*

 

 

Orange Participations U.S. Inc.

 

Authorized Representative in the United States

By: Johan Van den Cruijce

Title: President, Orange Participations U.S. Inc.

 

 

*By:

/s/ Matthieu Bouchery

 

 

 

Matthieu Bouchery

 

Attorney-in-fact