8-A12B 1 0001.txt FORM 8-A12B =============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _________________________________ FORM 8-A REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 _________________________________ Silverline Technologies Limited (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) _________________________________
Republic of India Not Applicable (Jurisdiction of Incorporation (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) or Organization)
_________________________________ Silverline Technologies Limited Unit 121, SDF IV, SEEPZ Andheri (East) Mumbai (Bombay) 400096 India 91-22-829-1950 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) _________________________________ If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A (c), please check the following box. If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A (d), please check the following box. Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-11984 ________________ (If applicable) Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
=============================================================================== Title of each class Name of each Exchange to which to be registered each class is to be registered _______________________________________________________________________________ Equity Shares, par value Rs. The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. 10 per share* =============================================================================== Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act. None ===============================================================================
______________ * American Depositary Shares representing the Equity Shares are being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a separate Registration Statement on Form F-6 and accordingly are exempt from registration under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(c) thereunder. Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered ------- ------------------------------------------------------- The description of the securities to be registered that appears under the captions "Description of Our Equity Shares" and "Description of American Depositary Shares" in the prospectus included in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-11984), as amended, under the Securities Act of 1933, is hereby incorporated by reference in answer to this item.
Item 2. Exhibits --------- -------- The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:
Exhibit Number Description of Document 3.1* Articles of Association of the Registrant, as amended. 3.2* Memorandum of Association of the Registrant, as amended. 3.3* Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended. 4.1* Form of Deposit Agreement among the Registrant, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, and holders from time to time of American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (including, as an exhibit, the form of American Depositary Receipt). 4.2* Registrant's Specimen Certificate for Equity Shares.
* Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits of the same number to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-11984). 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. SILVERLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED By: /s/ Shiva Vohra __________________________ Name: Shiva Vohra Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Dated: May 30, 2000 3