As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2007

 

Registration No. 333-147630

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM F-6/A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

under

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

For Depositary Shares Evidenced by American Depositary Receipts

 


 

CHINAEDU CORPORATION

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

 

N.A.

(Translation of issuer’s name into English)

 

Cayman Islands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

 

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

Telephone (212) 495-1784

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

 

The Bank of New York

ADR Division

101 Barclay Street, 22nd Floor

New York, NY 10286

Telephone (212) 815-2293

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

 

It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466

x  immediately upon filing

o  on (Date) at (Time)

 

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

 

 

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 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.

 

 



 

The Prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt included as Exhibit A to the form of Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (1) to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 1. Description of the 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

 

 

 

 

(2)

Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of deposited securities

 

Face of American Depositary Receipt, top center

 

 

 

 

 

Terms of Deposit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

The amount of deposited securities represented by one unit of American Depositary Shares

 

Face of American Depositary Receipt - upper right corner

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

The procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities

 

Paragraphs (15) and (16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

The collection and distribution of dividends

 

Paragraphs (12), (14) and (15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)

The transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material

 

Paragraphs (11), (15) and (16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(v)

The sale or exercise of rights

 

Paragraph (13)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(vi)

The deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization

 

Paragraphs (12) and (17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(vii)

Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement

 

Paragraphs (20) and (21)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(viii)

Rights of holders of receipts to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of holders of receipts

 

Paragraph (11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ix)

Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities

 

Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (8)

 

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(x)

Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary

 

Paragraphs (13), (18) and (22)

 

 

 

 

 

(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

 

 

 

2(a)

Statement that ChinaEdu Corporation is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, accordingly, files certain reports with the Commission. Such materials will be available for inspection and copying at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission in Washington, D.C.

 

Paragraph (11)

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 3. Exhibits

 

(1) Form of Deposit Agreement (including the form of American Depositary Receipt) among ChinaEdu Corporation (the “Company”), The Bank of New York, as Depositary (the “Depositary”), and each Owner and holder from time to time of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) issued thereunder.

 

(2) Form of Letter from the Depositary to the Company, relating to the Pre-release of American Depositary Receipts.

 

(3) Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP, counsel for the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities being registered.

 

(4) Certification under Rule 466.

 

Item 4. Undertakings

 

(a) The Depositary hereby undertakes to make available at its Corporate Trust Office, 101 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10286, for inspection by holders of the ADRs, any reports and communications received from the Company 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 Company.

 

(b) The Depositary hereby undertakes to notify each registered holder of an ADR at least thirty days before any change in the fee schedule.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, The Bank of New York, on behalf of the legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement for the issuance of American Depositary Receipts, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6/A 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 December 14, 2007.

 

 

 

By:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

 

 

as Depositary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Keith G. Galfo

 

 

Name:

Keith G. Galfo

 

Title:

Vice President

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, ChinaEdu Corporation has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in Beijing, People’s Republic of China on December 14, 2007.

 

 

CHINAEDU CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Julia Huang

 

 

Julia Huang

 

Director and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Julia Huang and Ge (Michael) Xu his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with power of substitution, in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements 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, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

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 December 14, 2007.

 

 

 

/s/ Shawn Ding

 

Director, President and Chief Operating

 

Name:   Shawn Ding

 

Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ge (Michael) Xu

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

Name:   Ge (Michael) Xu

 

(principal financial and accounting officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Zonglian Gu

 

Director

 

Name:   Zonglian Gu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Samuel Yen

 

Director

 

Name:   Samuel Yen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Min Fan

 

Director

 

Name:   Min Fan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Shasha Chang

 

Director

 

Name:   Shasha Chang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Xiaohong Chen

 

Director

 

Name:   Xiaohong Chen

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Pursuant to the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of the Registrant, has signed this Registration Statement or amendment thereto in Newark, Delaware, on December 14, 2007.

 

 

Puglisi & Associates

 

 

 

/s/ Donald J. Puglisi

 

 

Name:

Donald J. Puglisi

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

Form of Deposit Agreement, among the Company, the Depositary and each Owner and holder from time to time of ADRs issued thereunder.

 

 

 

(2)

 

Form of Letter from the Depositary to the Company, relating to the Pre-release of American Depositary Receipts.

 

 

 

(3)

 

Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP, counsel for the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities being registered.

 

 

 

(4)

 

Certification under Rule 466.

 

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