As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2018 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FOR AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES EVIDENCED BY
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS

 

Hugo Boss AG

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

 

N/A
(Translation of issuer’s name into English)

 

Germany

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter )

 

60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 250-9100

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

 

HUGO BOSS Fashion Inc.

601 West 26th Street, 8th Floor

New York, NY 10001, USA

(212) 940-0600

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

 

Copies to:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 250-9100

 

It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466: o immediately upon filing.
  o on (Date) at (Time)

 

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 evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing one-fifth of one ordinary share of Hugo Boss AG 

50,000,000

 

$0.05 $2,500,000 $311.25

*        Each unit represents one American Depositary Share.

**      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 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 this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

This Registration Statement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

 

 

 

 

PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

PROSPECTUS

 

The prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt (“Receipt”), included as Exhibit A to the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a) to this Registration Statement and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

 

CROSS REFERENCE SHEET

 


Item Number and Caption 		  Location in Form of Receipt
Filed Herewith as Prospectus
     
1. Name of depositary and address of its principal executive office   Face of Receipt, Introductory article and bottom center
       
2.

Title of Receipts and identity of deposited securities

  Face of Receipt, Top center
       
  Terms of Deposit:    
       
  (i) The amount of deposited securities represented by one American Depositary Share   Face of Receipt –  Upper right corner
         
  (ii) The procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities   Reverse of Receipt – Paragraph (15)
         
  (iii) The collection and distribution of dividends   Reverse of Receipt – Paragraph (13)
         
  (iv) The transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material   Face of Receipt – Paragraphs (12); Reverse of Receipt – Paragraphs (14) and (15)
         
  (v) The sale or exercise of rights  

Face of Receipt – Paragraphs (2) and (6);

Reverse of Receipt – Paragraphs (16) and (21)

         
  (vi) The deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization   Reverse of Receipt – Paragraphs (13) and (16)                     
         
  (vii) Amendment, extension or termination of the deposit arrangements   Reverse of Receipt – Paragraphs (20) and (21) (no provision for extensions)
         
  (viii) Rights of holders of Receipts to inspect the transfer books of the depositary and the list of holders of Receipts   Face of Receipt – Paragraph (12)

 

 

 

 

         
  (ix) Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities   Face of Receipt – Paragraphs (2), (3) and (4)
         
  (x) Limitation upon the liability of the depositary  

Face of Receipt – Paragraphs (6) and (10)

Reverse of Receipt – Paragraphs(15), (16), (17), (18) and (21)

         
3. Fees and charges which may be imposed directly or indirectly against holders of Receipts   Face of Receipt – Paragraph (9)

  

Item 2.       AVAILABLE INFORMATION   Face of Receipt – Paragraph (12)

 

(a) As set forth in Paragraph (12) of the Form of Receipt constituting the prospectus included herein, Hugo Boss AG publishes information in English required to maintain the exemption from registration under Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended on its Internet Web site (https://group.hugoboss.com/en/) or through an electronic information delivery system generally available to the public in its primary trading market.

 

PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 3. EXHIBITS

 

(a) Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, dated as of               , 2018, by and among Hugo Boss AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary (the “ Depositary ”), and all Holders and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (including the form of American Depositary Receipt to be issued thereunder, 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 Company 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. – 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 30 days before any change in the fee schedule.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, on behalf of the legal entity created by the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, by and among Hugo Boss AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary, and all Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts 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 February 5, 2018.

 

 

Legal entity created by the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement for the issuance of American Depositary Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares representing a specified number or percentage of ordinary shares of Hugo Boss AG

   
 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, solely in its capacity as Depositary 

     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Curran
     Name: Michael Curran
        Title:   Vice President
     
  By: .   /s / Christopher Konopelko
     Name: Christopher Konopelko
    Title:   Director

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Hugo Boss AG 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 Germany, on February 5, 2018.

 

  Hugo Boss AG
   
  By:  /s/ Mark Langer
  Name: Mark Langer
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  By: /s/ Yves Müller
  Name:   Yves Müller
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Know all persons by these presents that each person whose signature appears below in this form constitutes and appoints Mark Langer and Bernd Hake, jointly and severally, his or her true lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments and supplements to this Registration Statement and any registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating thereto, 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 they or he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 5, 2018.

 

Signatures   Capacity
     

/s/ Mark Langer

 

Chairman of the Managing Board and Chief Executive Officer

Mark Langer    
     
/s/ Bernd Hake   Member of the Managing Board

Bernd Hake

 

     
/s/ Ingo Wilts   Member of the Managing Board
Ingo Wilts    
     

/s/ Yves Müller

  Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Managing Board
Yves Müller    

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Hugo Boss AG has signed this Registration Statement in New York, New York, on February 5, 2018.

 

  Authorized U.S. Representative
     
  By:   /s/ Markus Neubrand
    Name:  

Markus Neubrand

Chief Operating Officer

HUGO BOSS Fashion Inc. 

 

 

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number

 

(a) Form of Deposit Agreement

 

(d) Opinion of counsel to the Depositary 

 

 

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