F-6 1 jpm-f6_102621.htm REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS

 

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 2021

 

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 Depositary Shares Evidenced by American Depositary Receipts

___________________

 

PERNOD RICARD SA

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

 

n/a

(Translation of issuer's name into English)

 

France

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

 

383 Madison Avenue, Floor 11, New York, New York 10179

Telephone +1-800-990-1135

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)

____________________

 

Puglisi & Associates

850 Library Avenue – Suite 204

Newark, DE 19711

Telephone +1-302-738-6680

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

 

Copies to: 

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
383 Madison Avenue, Floor 11

New York, New York 10179

Telephone: +1-800-990-1135

 

Scott R. Saks, Esq.

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6022

Telephone: +1-212-318-3151

 

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 (1)

Proposed maximum

aggregate
offering price (2)

Amount of

registration fee

American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing one-fifth (1/5th) of one (1) ordinary share of Pernod Ricard SA

125,000,000

American Depositary Shares

$0.05 $6,250,000.00 $579.38
(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 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 form of the Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a) to this Registration Statement on Form F-6, which is 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 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

  Paragraphs (6), (11) and (12)

(iii)            Collection and distribution of dividends

  Paragraphs (4), (5), (7), (10), (11) and (13)

(iv)            Transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material

  Paragraphs (3), (8), (11) and (12)

(v)              Sale or exercise of rights

  Paragraphs (4), (5), (7) and (10)

(vi)             Deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization

  Paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (7), (10), (11) and (13)

(vii)           Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement

  Paragraphs (15), (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), (5) and (6)

(x)              Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary

  Paragraphs (14) and (17)

(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

 

Pernod Ricard SA (the “Company”) publishes information in English required to maintain the exemption from registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, afforded by Rule 12g3-2(b) promulgated thereunder on its Internet Web site or through an electronic information delivery system generally available to the public in its primary trading market. As of the date hereof, the Company’s internet website is located at www.pernod-ricard.com.

 

 

Paragraph (8)

     

 

 

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 3. EXHIBITS

(a)Form of Deposit Agreement. Form of Deposit Agreement among Pernod Ricard SA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary (the "Depositary"), and all Holders and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) issued thereunder (the "Deposit Agreement"), including the Form of ADR attached as Exhibit A thereto. Filed herewith as Exhibit (a).
(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 Norton Rose Fulbright US 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)Powers of Attorney for certain officers and directors and the authorized representative 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 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 among Pernod Ricard SA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and all Holders and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) 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 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 October 28, 2021.

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/ Timothy E. Green                     

            Name: Timothy E. Green

            Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Pernod Ricard SA 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 Paris, France, on October 28, 2021.

 

PERNOD RICARD SA

 

 

 

By: /s/ Alexandre Ricard                         

       Name: Alexandre Ricard

       Title: Chairman of the Board and CEO

 

 

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Alexandre Ricard and Hélène de Tissot, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each 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, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form F-6 has been signed by the following persons on October 28, 2021, in the capacities indicated.

 

SIGNATURES

Signature

 

 

 

Title

 

   

/s/ Alexandre Ricard


Alexandre Ricard

 

Chairman of the Board and CEO

(principal executive officer)

   

/s/ Hélène de Tissot


Hélène de Tissot

 

Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial and accounting officer)

 

/s/ Patricia Barbizet


Patricia Barbizet

  Director

 

/s/ Wolfgang Colberg


Wolfgang Colberg

  Director

 

/s/ Virginie Fauvel


Virginie Fauvel

  Director

 

/s/ Ian Gallienne


Ian Gallienne

  Director

 

/s/ César Giron


César Giron

  Director

 

/s/ Anne Lange


Anne Lange

  Director

 

/s/ Maria Jesus Carrasco Lopez


Maria Jesus Carrasco Lopez

  Director  

 

/s/ Philippe Petitcolin


Philippe Petitcolin

  Director  

 

/s/ Kory Sorenson


Kory Sorenson

  Director  

 

/s/ Veronica Vargas


Veronica Vargas

  Director

 

/s/ Paul-Charles Ricard


Société Paul Ricard, represented by Paul-Charles

  Director  

Ricard

 

/s/ Stéphane Emery


Stéphane Emery

 

  Director  

 

 

 

SIGNATURE OF U.S. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Pernod Ricard SA, has signed this Registration Statement on Form F-6 in Newark, Delaware, on October 28, 2021.

 

Authorized U.S. Representative

 

 

 

By: /s/ Donald J. Puglisi

       Name: Donald J. Puglisi

       Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number
 
(a) Deposit Agreement among Pernod Ricard SA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary (the "Depositary"), and all Holders and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) issued thereunder, including the Form of ADR attached as Exhibit A thereto.
(d) Opinion of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities being registered.