As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2003
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
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)
Not applicable
(Translation of issuer’s name into English)
The Republic of the Philippines
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, NY 10081
Telephone (212) 552-4944
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary’s principal executive offices)
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor
New York, New York 10011
(212) 894-8940
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
| Scott A. Ziegler, Esq. Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP 555 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor New York, New York 10022 (212) 319-7600 |
John Otoshi, Esq. Dewey Ballantine LLP Suite 701, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark 15 Queen’s Road Central Hong Kong (852) 2509-7047 |
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 1 share of common stock of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company |
160,000,000 American Depositary Shares |
$0.05 | $8,000,000 | $736 |
| (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 The Prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt (“ADR” or “American Depositary Receipt”) included as Exhibit A to the Amendment to Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a)(1) to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference. CROSS REFERENCE SHEET PART II SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The City of New York, State of New York, on January 16, 2003. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Makati, Metro Manila, Republic of the Philippines on January 13, 2003. POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Manuel V. Pangilinan and Ma. Lourdes C. Rausa Chan, jointly and severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by or on behalf of the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 13, 2003. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below in the City of Newark, State of Delaware on December 14, 2003, by the undersigned as the duly authorized representative of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company in the United States. INDEX TO EXHIBITS
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUSItem 1.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
Item Number and Caption
Location in Form of American Depositary
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 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 (19) and (20)
(iii)
Collection and distribution of dividends
Paragraphs (14), (15), (16), and (17)
(iv)
Transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material
Paragraphs (20) and (22)
(v)
Sale or exercise of rights
Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (9), (12) and (16)
(vi)
Deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization
Paragraph (21)
(vii)
Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement
Paragraphs (28) and (29)
(viii)
Rights of holders of receipts to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of Holders of receipts
Paragraph (22)
(ix)
Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities
Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (12)
(x)
Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary
Paragraphs (24) and (25)
(3)
Fees and Charges
Paragraph (8)
Item 2.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Item Number and Caption
Location in Form of American Depositary
Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
(b)
Statement that Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, accordingly, files certain reports with the Commission — and that such reports can be inspected by holders of ADRs and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Commission in Washington, D.C.
Paragraph (13)
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUSItem 3.
EXHIBITS
(a)(1)
Form of Amendment No. 1 to Common
Stock Deposit Agreement between JPMorgan Chase Bank, as successor depositary
(the “Depositary”), and all holders from time to time of American
Depositary Receipts to be issued thereunder is filed herewith as Exhibit
(a)(1).
(a)(2)
Deposit Agreement dated as
of October 19, 1994 (the “Common Stock Deposit Agreement”) between
the Depositary, and all holders from time to time of American Depositary
Receipts to be issued thereunder is filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(2).
(b)(1)
Form of Amendment No. 1 to Common
Stock Agreement between Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (the
“Company”) and the Depositary related to the Company’s common
stock and the deposit thereof in accordance with the Deposit Agreement,
as amended, is filed herewith as Exhibit (b)(1).
(b)(2)
Common Stock Agreement dated
as of October 19, 1994 between the Company and the Depositary related to
the Company’s common stock and the deposit thereof in accordance with
the Deposit Agreement, as amended is filed herewith as Exhibit (b)(2).
(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 Ziegler, Ziegler &
Associates 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)
Power of Attorney. Included
as part of 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.
Legal entity created by the form of Deposit Agreement for the issuance of ADRs evidencing American Depositary Shares
By:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Depositary
By:
/s/ Jordana Chutter
Name:
Jordana Chutter
Title:
Vice President
PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY
By:
/s/ Manuel V. Pangilinan
Name:
Manuel V. Pangilinan
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
By:
/s/ Anabelle L. Chua
Name:
Anabelle L. Chua
Title:
Treasurer and Senior Vice President
Name
Title
Antonio O. Cojuangco
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Manuel V. Pangilinan
Manuel V. Pangilinan
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Anabelle L. Chua
Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer
Anabelle L.
Chua
/s/ Helen Y. Dee
Helen Y. Dee
Director
/s/ Corazon S. de
La Paz
Corazon S. de La Paz
Director
Albert F. del Rosario
Director
/s/ Ray C. Espinosa
Ray C. Espinosa
Director
/s/ Napoleon L. Nazareno
Napoleon L. Nazareno
Director
/s/ Rev. Fr. Bienvenido
F. Nebres, S.J.
Rev. Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J.
Director
/s/ Maria Lourdes
C. Rausa-Chan
Maria Lourdes C. Rausa-Chan
Director, Senior Vice President
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Pedro E. Roxas
Director
/s/ Taketo Suzuki
Taketo Suzuki
Director
Mitsuhiro Takase
Director
/s/ Ricardo R. Zarate
Ricardo R. Zarate
Director
/s/ Celso
T. Dimarucut
Celso T. Dimarucut
Principal Accounting
Officer
PUGLISI AND ASSOCIATES
By:
/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
Donald J. Puglisi
Exhibit Number
Sequentially
Numbered Page
(a)(1)
Form of Amendment No. 1 to Common Stock Deposit Agreement
(a)(2)
Common Stock Deposit Agreement
(b)(1)
Form of Amendment No. 1 to Common Stock Agreement
(b)(2)
Common Stock Agreement
(d)
Opinion of Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities to be registered.