Form F-3 - Registration Statement - 2011 (Page 9 of 13) in pdf

registrant ﬁles a post-effective amendment to the registration statement, a prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), or an Exchange

Act report (and prospectus ﬁled, as required by Rule 430B, pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7)) containing information for the offer-

ing on behalf of such persons.

III. Dividend or Interest Reinvestment Plans: Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Requests for

Confi dential Treatment

Original registration statements on this Form F-3 solely with respect to securities offered pursuant to dividend or interest

reinvestment plans shall become effective automatically upon filing (Rule 456, §230.456 of this chapter) pursuant to the

provisions of Section 8(a) of the Act (Rule 462, §230.462 of this chapter). Post-effective amendments to such a registration

statement on this Form shall become effective upon the date of filing (Rule 464, §230.464 of this chapter). Delaying

amendments are not permitted in connection with either original filings or amendments on such a registration statement

(Rule 473(d), §239.473(d) of this chapter), and any attempt to interpose a delaying amendment of any kind will be ineff ective.

All filings made on or in connection with this Form become public upon filing with the Commission. As a result, requests for

confidential treatment made under Rule 406 (§230.406 of this chapter) must be processed with the Commission staff prior to

the filing of the registration statement. The number of copies of the registration statement and of each amendment required

by Rules 402 and 472 (§§230.402 and 230.472 of this chapter) shall be filed with the Commission: Provided however, that

the number of additional copies referred to in Rule 402(b) may be reduced from ten to three and the number of additional

copies referred to in Rule 472(a) may be reduced from eight to three, one of which shall be marked clearly and precisely to

indicate changes.

IV.

Registration of Additional Securities and Additional Classes of Securities

A. Registration of Additional Securities Pursuant to Rule 462(b).

With respect to the registration of additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the

registrant may file a registration statement consisting only of the following: the facing page; a statement that the contents of

the earlier registration statement, identified by file number, are incorporated by reference; required opinions and consents;

the signature page; and any price-related information omitted from the earlier registration statement in reliance on Rule

430A that the registrant chooses to include in the new registration statement. The information contained in such a Rule

462(b) registration statement shall be deemed to be a part of the earlier registration statement as of the date of eff ectiveness

of the Rule 462(b) registration statement. Any opinion or consent required in the Rule 462(b) registration statement may be

incorporated by reference from the earlier registration statement with respect to the offering, if: (i) such opinion or consent

expressly provides for such incorporation; and (ii) such opinion relates to the securities registered pursuant to Rule 462(b).

See Rule 411(c) and Rule 439(b) under the Securities Act.

B. Registration of Additional Securities or Classes of Securities or Additional Registrants After Effectiveness.

A well-known seasoned issuer relying on General Instruction I.C. of this Form may register additional securities or classes

of securities, pursuant to Rule 413(b) by ﬁling a post-effective amendment to the effective registration statement. The well-

known seasoned issuer may add majority-owned subsidiaries as additional registrants whose securities are eligible to be sold

as part of the automatic shelf registration statement by ﬁling a post-effective amendment identifying the additional regis-

trants, and the registrant and the additional registrants and other persons required to sign the registration statement must sign

the post-effective amendment. The post-effective amendment must consist of the facing page; any disclosure required by this

Form that is necessary to update the registration statement to reﬂect the additional securities, additional classes of securities,

or additional registrants; any required opinions and consents; and the signature page. Required information, consents or opin-

ions may be included in the prospectus and the registration statement through a post-effective amendment or may be provided

through a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement and the prospectus that

is part of the registration statement, or, as to the required information only, contained in a prospectus ﬁled pursuant to Rule

424(b) that is deemed part of and included in the registration statement and prospectus that is part of the registration state-

ment.

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