SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of December 2005
Commission File Number 1-31994
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
18 Zhangjiang Road
Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201203
People’s Republic of China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (the “Registrant”) is furnishing under the cover of Form 6-K:
| Exhibit 99.1: | Press announcement, dated December 1, 2005, relating to a change of the Registrant’s principal place of business in Hong Kong. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Semiconductor Manufacturing | ||
| International Corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ Richard R. Chang | |
| Name: | Richard R. Chang | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: December 2, 2005
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| Exhibit 99.1: | Press announcement, dated December 1, 2005, relating to a change of the Registrant’s principal place of business in Hong Kong. |
Exhibit 99.1
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
*
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(STOCK CODE: 0981)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
With effect from Thursday, December 1, 2005, the principal place of business in Hong Kong of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (the “Company”) will be changed to Suite 1505, 15th Floor, No. 9 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong.
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (the “Company”) today announces that its principal place of business in Hong Kong will be changed to the following address with effect from Thursday, December 1, 2005:
Suite 1505, 15th Floor, No. 9 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
Telephone number: (852) 2537-8613/2537-8588
Facsimile number: (852) 2537-8206
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Yang Yuan Wang as Chairman and independent non-executive director of the Company; Richard R. Chang as executive director of the Company; Lai Xing Cai and Fang Yao (alternate director to Lai Xing Cai) as non-executive directors of the Company; and Ta-Lin Hsu, Yen-Pong Jou, Tsuyoshi Kawanishi, Henry Shaw and Lip-Bu Tan as independent non-executive directors of the Company.
| Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation | ||
| Richard R. Chang | ||
| Chief Executive Officer |
Shanghai, PRC, December 1, 2005
* For identification only