11.07.2015 Views

Securities offerings and listings in the US: an ... - Latham & Watkins

Securities offerings and listings in the US: an ... - Latham & Watkins

Securities offerings and listings in the US: an ... - Latham & Watkins

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Table of contentsChapter 1 – Key statutes <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> concepts 1<strong>US</strong> <strong>Securities</strong> Act of 1933; <strong>US</strong> <strong>Securities</strong> Exch<strong>an</strong>ge Act of 1934 1Registration under <strong>the</strong> <strong>Securities</strong> Act <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> <strong>the</strong> Exch<strong>an</strong>ge Act 1(i) <strong>Securities</strong> Act registration 1(ii) Exch<strong>an</strong>ge Act registration 2Exch<strong>an</strong>ge Act report<strong>in</strong>g 2(i) Annual report on Form 20-F 2(ii) Current reports on Form 6-K 2(iii) O<strong>the</strong>r consequences of Exch<strong>an</strong>ge Act report<strong>in</strong>g 3O<strong>the</strong>r relev<strong>an</strong>t statutes 3What is a “foreign private issuer?” 3(i) Def<strong>in</strong>ition 3(ii) How is ownership determ<strong>in</strong>ed? 4(iii) Benefits for foreign private issuers 4Chapter 2 – The registration process 6General 6Key issues to identify <strong>in</strong> adv<strong>an</strong>ce of registration 7Registration forms 9(i) Form F-1 10(ii) Forms F-2 <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> F-3 10(iii) Form F-4 11(iv) Form F-6 11ADRs <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> ADSs 12Fil<strong>in</strong>g electronically – EDGAR 12NASD review 13NYSE <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> Nasdaq list<strong>in</strong>g requirements 13Prospectus delivery 14www.iflr.com<strong>US</strong> SECURITIES OFFERINGS: A GUIDE FOR NON-<strong>US</strong> ISSUERSi

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!