Unassociated Document
 
As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2007
 
Registration No. 333-12920



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
For Depositary Shares Evidenced by American Depositary Receipts
 

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

Not applicable
(Translation of issuer's name into English)

Norway
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

4 New York Plaza, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10004
Telephone (212) 623-0636
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)
 

 
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue
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
570 Lexington Avenue, 44th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212) 319-7600
 
It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466
o immediately upon filing
x on June 12, 2007

If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box. o 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of each class of
Securities to be registered
 
Amount
to be registered
 
Proposed maximum aggregate price per unit
 
Proposed maximum
Aggregate offering price
 
Amount of
Registration fee
 
American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") each representing three ordinary shares of Telenor ASA
   
N/A
   
N/A
   
N/A
   
N/A
 
 



 
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 Amendment to Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a)(2) to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.
 
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
 
Item 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 principal executive office of the Depositary
 
Introductory paragraph and final sentence on 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
 
Paragraph (13)
     
(iii) Collection and distribution of dividends
 
Paragraphs (4), (7), (9) and (11)
     
(iv) Transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material
 
Paragraph (10)
     
(v) Sale or exercise of rights
 
Paragraphs (9) and (11)
     
(vi) Deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization
 
Paragraphs (4), (7), (9) and (14)
     
(vii) Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement
 
Paragraphs (16) and (17)
     
(viii) Rights of holders of receipts to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of  Holders of ADRs
 
Paragraph (2)
     
(ix) Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities
 
Paragraphs (1), (4) and (5)
     
(x) Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary
 
Paragraph (15)
     
(3) Fees and Charges
 
Paragraph (9)
 

 
Item 2. AVAILABLE INFORMATION

Item Number and Caption 
 
Location in Form of American Depositary Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
     
(a)   Statement that Telenor ASA publishes on its web site or otherwise furnishes the Commission with certain public reports and documents required by foreign law or otherwise under Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that, to the extent furnished to the Commission, such reports can be inspected by holders of American Depositary Receipts and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Commission in Washington, D.C.
 
Paragraph (10)
 

 
PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 3. EXHIBITS
 
(a)(1)
Form of Deposit Agreement among Telenor ASA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (fka Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York), as depositary (the "Depositary"), and all holders from time to time of ADRs issued thereunder (the "Deposit Agreement"). Previously filed as an Exhibit to Registration Statement No. 333-12920 which is incorporated herein by reference.
 
(a)(2)
Form of Amendment to Deposit Agreement, including the form of ADR, filed as exhibit (a)(2) hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(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 counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities being registered. Previously filed as Exhibit (d) to Registration Statement No. 333-12920 which is incorporated herein by reference.
 
(e)
Certification under Rule 466. Filed herewith as exhibit (e).
 
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, 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 Post-Effective Amendment to 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 May 30, 2007.
 
     
 
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/Joseph M. Leinhauser
 

Name: Joseph M. Leinhauser
 
Title: Vice President
 

 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Telenor ASA 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 Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the Kingdom of Norway on May 29, 2007.
 
     
 
TELENOR ASA
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:   /s/Trond Ø. Westlie
 

Name: Trond Ø. Westlie
 
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Trond Ø. Westlie and Pål Wien Espen, 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, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form F-6 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of May 29, 2007.

Name
 
Title
     
/s/ Thorlief Enger
 
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Thorlief Enger
   
     
     
/s/ Bjørg Ven
 
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Bjørg Ven
   
     
     
/s/ Jon Fredrik Baksaas
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jon Fredrik Baksaas
 
     
     
/s/ Trond Ø. Westlie
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Trond Ø. Westlie
 
Officer
     
     
/s/ John Giverholt
 
Director
John Giverholt
   
     
     
/s/ Liselott Kilaas
 
Director
Liselott Kilaas
   
     
     
/s/ Per Gunnar Salomonsen
 
Director
Per Gunnar Salomonsen
   
     
     
/s/ Harald Stavn
 
Director
Harald Stavn
   
     
 
   
/s/ Irma Tystad
 
Director
Irma Tystad
   
 

 
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, has been signed on May 29, 2007 by the undersigned as the duly authorized representative of Telenor ASA in the United States.
       
   
Puglisi & Associates
       
       
     
By: /s/Donald J. Puglisi
   

Name: Donald J. Puglisi
   
Title: Managing Director
 

 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number
   
(a)(2)
 
Form of Amendment to Deposit Agreement.
 
(e)   
Rule 466 Certification