As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 3, 2005

Registration No.  333-

 

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

 


 

EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE AERONÁUTICA S.A.

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

 

Embraer-Brazilian Aviation Company Inc.

(Translation of issuer’s name into English)

 

The Federative Republic of Brazil

(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, New York, NY 10004
Telephone (212) 623-0636

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

 

Embraer Aircraft Corporation

276 S.W. 34th Street

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33315

(954) 359-3700

 (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

 

ý  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

 

American Depositary Shares
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 four preferred shares, without par value, of EMBRAER-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.

 

100,000,000
American Depositary
Shares

 

$

0.05

 

$

5,000,000

 

$

588.50

 

 


(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.

 

 



 

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)(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 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

 

Paragraph (13)

(iii)          Collection and distribution of dividends

 

Paragraphs (4), (5), (7) and (10)

(iv)          Transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material

 

Paragraphs (3), (8) and (13)

(v)           Sale or exercise of rights

 

Paragraphs (4), (5) and (10)

(vi)          Deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization

 

Paragraphs (4), (5), (10) and (14)

(vii)         Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement

 

Paragraphs (17) and (18)

(viii)        Rights of holders of receipts to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of Holders of receipts

 

Paragraph (3)

(ix)           Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities

 

Paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5)

(x)            Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary

 

Paragraph (15)

(3)           Fees and Charges

 

Paragraphs (7)

 

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Item 2.  AVAILABLE INFORMATION

 

Item Number and Caption

 

Location in Form of American Depositary
Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus

 

 

 

(b)           Statement that EMBRAER-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. 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 American Depositary Receipts and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Commission in Washington, D.C.

 

Paragraph (8)

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 3.  EXHIBITS

 

(a)(1)                    Form of Deposit Agreement.  Form of Deposit Agreement among EMBRAER-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary (the “Depositary”), and all holders from time to time of American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”).  Previously filed as an Exhibit to Registration Statement No. 333-12232 which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(a)(2)                    Form of ADR.  Filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(2).

 

(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 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.  Filed herewith as Exhibit (e).

 

(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.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., on behalf of the legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement, 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   August 2, 2005.

 

 

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

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, EMBRAER-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. 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, on July 11, 2005.

 

 

EMBRAER-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Maurício Novis Botelho

 

 

Name:

Maurício Novis Botelho

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Antonio Luis Pizarro Manso

 

 

Name:

Antonio Luis Pizarro Manso

 

Title:

Executive Vice-President Corporate and
Chief Financial Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Maurício Novis Botelho and Antonio Luis Pizarro Manso, and each of them severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 or she may or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Maurício Novis Botelho

 

 

President and Chief Executive

 

July 11, 2005

Maurício Novis Botelho

 

Officer and Member of the

 

 

 

 

Board of Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Antonio Luis Pizarro Manso

 

 

Executive Vice-President

 

July 11, 2005

Antonio Luis Pizarro Manso

 

Corporate and Chief Financial

 

 

 

 

Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Marcelo Rodrigues

 

 

Controller

 

July 11, 2005

Marcelo Rodrigues

 

 

 

 

 

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/s/Luiz Carlos Siqueira Aguiar

 

 

Chairman of the Board of

 

July 11, 2005

Luiz Carlos Siqueira Aguiar

 

Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Vitor Sarquis Hallack

 

 

Deputy Chairman of the Board

 

July 11, 2005

Vitor Sarquis Hallack

 

of Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Henrique Pizzolato

 

 

Member of the Board of

 

July 11, 2005

Henrique Pizzolato

 

Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Carlyle Wilson

 

 

Member of the Board of

 

July 11, 2005

Carlyle Wilson

 

Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Carlos Alberto Cardoso Moreira

 

 

Member of the Board of

 

July 11, 2005

Carlos Alberto Cardoso Moreira

 

Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Wilson Carlos Duarte Delfino

 

 

Member of the Board of

 

July 11, 2005

Wilson Carlos Duarte Delfino

 

Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Neimar Dieguez Barreiro

 

 

Member of the Board of

 

July 11, 2005

Neimar Dieguez Barreiro

 

Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Rubens Antonio Barbosa

 

 

Member of the Board of

 

July 11, 2005

Rubens Antonio Barbosa

 

Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/François Regis Yves Marie Gayet

 

 

Member of the Board of

 

July 11, 2005

François Regis Yves Marie Gayet

 

Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Christian Paul Maurice Gras

 

 

Member of the Board of

 

July 11, 2005

Christian Paul Maurice Gras

 

Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Paulo César de Souza Lucas

 

 

Member of the Board of

 

July 11, 2005

Paulo César de Souza Lucas

 

Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Claudemir Marques de Almeida

 

 

Member of the Board of

 

July 11, 2005

Claudemir Marques de Almeida

 

Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Gary Spulak

 

 

 

 

 

Embraer Aircraft Corporation - EAC

 

Authorized Representative in

 

July 11, 2005

May  7, 2005

By:    Gary Spulak

 

the United States

 

 

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

 

 

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

Form of ADR

 

 

 

(d)

 

Opinion of Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities to be registered.

 

 

 

(e)

 

Rule 466 Certification

 

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