F-6EF 1 francetelecomf6.htm FORM F-6EF <B>Form F-6

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2010

Registration No. 333-_______


United States

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
For Depositary Shares Evidenced by American Depositary Receipts

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

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


Republic of France
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)
One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(212) 495-1784
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)

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The Bank of New York Mellon
ADR Division

One Wall Street, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10286

(212) 495-1784

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


Copies to:
Peter B. Tisne, Esq.
Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP
120 Broadway
New York, New York 10271
(212) 238-3010


It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466
[X] immediately upon filing
[ ] on (Date) at (Time).
If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box.  [ ]


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each class
of Securities to be registered

Amount to be registered

Proposed
maximum aggregate price per unit (1)

Proposed
maximum  aggregate offering price (1)

Amount of registration fee

American Depositary Shares representing ordinary shares of France Telecom

150,000,000

$5.00

$7,500,000

$ 534.75

1

For the purpose of this table only the term "unit" is defined as 100 American Depositary Shares.


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The prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt included as Exhibit A to the Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit 1 to the Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-6, File No. 333-137049, which is incorporated herein by reference.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

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 and address of depositary

Introductory Article

2.  Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of deposited securities

Face of Receipt, top center

Terms of Deposit:

 

(i)   The amount of deposited securities represented by one unit of American Depositary Receipts

Face of Receipt, upper right corner

(ii)   The procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities

Articles number 15, 16 and 18

(iii)   The collection and distribution of dividends

Articles number 4, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 18

(iv)  The transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material

Articles number 11, 15, 16 and 18

(v)   The sale or exercise of rights

Articles number 13, 14, 15 and 18

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

Articles number 12, 13, 15, 17 and 18

(vii)  Amendment, extension or termination of the deposit agreement

Articles number 20 and 21

(viii)  Rights of holders of Receipts to inspect the transfer books of the depositary and the list of holders of Receipts

Article number 11

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

Articles number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 22

(x)   Limitation upon the liability of the depositary

Articles number 13, 14, 18, 19, 21 and 24


3.  Fees and Charges

Articles number 7 and 8

Item - 2.

Available Information

Public reports furnished by issuer

Article number 11




PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item - 3.

Exhibits

a.

Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2008, among France Telecom, The Bank of New York as Depositary, and all Owners and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder. – Previously filed with the Commission on March 26, 2008 in Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-6, File No. 333-137049.

b.

Form of letter from The Bank of New York to France Telecom relating to pre-release activities. - Previously filed with the Commission on March 26, 2008 in Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-6, File No. 333-137049.  

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. - See (a) and (b) above.

d.

Opinion of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, as to legality of the securities to be registered. - Filed herewith as Exhibit 4.

e.

Certification under Rule 466. – Filed herewith as Exhibit 5.

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 ADRs, 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 ADR thirty days before any change in the fee schedule.




SIGNATURES

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 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 March 10, 2010.

Legal entity created by the agreement for the issuance of American Depositary Receipts for ordinary shares of France Telecom.

By:

The Bank of New York Mellon,
 As Depositary

By:  /s/ Joanne F. Di Giovanni

Name:  Joanne F. Di Giovanni

Title:    Vice President





Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, France Telecom has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Paris, France on March 10, 2010.

FRANCE TELECOM

By:    /s/ Stéphane Richard
Name: Stéphane Richard
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Didier Lombard, Gervais Pellissier and Valérie Thérond and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities the Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) and any documents in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys full power to act with or without the other, and full power and authority to do and perform, in his name and on his behalf, every act whatsoever which such attorneys, or any one of them, may deem necessary or desirable to be done in connection therewith as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or any of them, 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 10, 2010.
















/s/ Stéphane Richard
Name:  Stéphane Richard


Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)


/s/ Gervais Pellissier
Name:  Gervais Pellissier


Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial officer)

/s/ Valérie Thérond
Name: Valérie Thérond

Principal Accounting Officer


/s/ Didier Lombard
Name:  Didier Lombard



Chairman and Director


/s/ Caroline Angeli
Name:  Caroline Angeli

Director

/s/ Bruno Bézard
Name:  Bruno Bézard

Director

/s/ Ghislaine Coinaud
Name:  Ghislaine Coinaud

Director


/s/ Bernard Dufau
Name:  Bernard Dufau

Director



/s/ José-Luis Duran

Name:  José-Luis Duran



Director


/s/ Pascal Faure
Name:  Pascal Faure


Director representing the French State

/s/ Charles-Henri Filippi


Name:  Charles-Henri Filippi


Director


/s/ Daniel Guillot


Name:  Daniel Guillot


Director


/s/ Claudie Haigneré
Name: Claudie Haigneré

Director


/s/ Henri Martre
Name:  Henri Martre

Director


/s/ Gilles Michel
Name:  Gilles Michel

Director representing the French State


/s/ Marcel Roulet
Name:  Marcel Roulet

Director


/s/ Jean Simonin
Name:  Jean Simonin

Director

/s/ Stéphane Tierce


Name:  Stéphane Tierce

Director


/s/ Patrick Roussel
Name:  Patrick Roussel

Authorized U.S. Representative








INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit

 


4

Opinion of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, as to legality of the securities to be registered.

 

5

Certification Under Rule 466.