AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO FORM F-4
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
January 4, 2006
Registration
No. 333-128899
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 3
to
Form F-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Fresenius Medical Care Aktiengesellschaft
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Fresenius Medical Care Corporation
(Translation of Registrants Name into English)
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Germany |
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3841 |
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Not applicable |
(Jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
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Else-Kröner-Strasse 1
61352 Bad Homburg v.d.H., Germany
Telephone: 011-49-6172-609-0
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Registrants Principal Executive
Offices) |
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Dr. Ben J. Lipps
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
95 Hayden Avenue
Lexington, MA 02420
781-402-9000
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) |
Copy to:
Charles F. Niemeth, Esq.
Baker & McKenzie LLP
1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
212-626-4100
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public: As soon as practicable after this Registration
Statement becomes effective and all other conditions to the
consummation of the transaction described herein have been
satisfied or waived.
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act,
check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same
offering. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of
the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. 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
thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933, or until this Registration
Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission,
acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN
PROSPECTUS
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Item 20. |
Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
Under German law, Fresenius Medical Care AG and Fresenius
Medical Care KGaA may indemnify their respective officers and,
under certain circumstances, German labor law requires them to
do so. However, they may not, as a general matter, indemnify
members of their management boards or their supervisory boards.
They may, however, purchase directors and officers insurance.
Fresenius Medical Care AG has arranged for such insurance
coverage at what it believes to be commercially reasonable
rates, terms and conditions and Fresenius Medical Care KGaA
intends to continue to do so. Such insurance is subject to any
mandatory restrictions imposed by German law. In addition,
German law may permit a corporation to indemnify a member of the
management or supervisory board for attorneys fees
incurred if such member is the successful party in a suit in a
country such as the U.S., where winning parties are required to
bear their own costs, if German law would have required the
losing party to pay such members attorneys fees had
the suit been brought in Germany.
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Item 21. |
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |
(a) Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
(b) Financial Statement Schedules.
The financial statement schedule appearing at page S-1 of
the Registrants 2004 amended Annual Report on
Form 20-F/ A is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Item 4(b) Information.
Not applicable.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each filing of the Registrants annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant
to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(b)(1) the undersigned registrant hereby undertakes as
follows: that prior to any public reoffering of the securities
registered hereunder through use of a prospectus which is a part
of this registration statement, by any person or party who is
deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of
Rule 145(c), the issuer undertakes that such reoffering
prospectus will contain the information called for by the
applicable registration form with respect to reofferings by
persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the
information called for by the other items of the applicable form.
(2) The registrant undertakes that every prospectus:
(i) that is filed pursuant to
paragraph (1) immediately preceding, or (ii) that
purports to meet the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of
the Act and is used in connection with an offering of securities
subject to Rule 415, will be filed as a part of an
amendment to the registration statement and will not be used
until such amendment is effective, and that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
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the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933, and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
(d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to respond
to requests for information that is incorporated by reference
into the prospectus pursuant to Item 4, 10(b), 11, or
13 of this form, within one business day of receipt of such
request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class
mail or other equally prompt means and to arrange or provide for
a facility in the U.S. for the purpose of responding to such
requests. This includes information contained in documents filed
subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement
through the date of responding to the request.
(e) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supply
by means of a post-effective amendment all information
concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired
involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in
the registration statement when it became effective.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Bad Homburg, Germany, on
January 3, 2006.
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FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG |
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Dr. Ben J. Lipps |
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Chairman of the Management Board |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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By: |
/s/ Dr. Emmanuelle
Gatti
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Dr. Emmanuelle Gatti |
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Member of the Management Board |
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FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE MANAGEMENT AG, as general partner
of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, a partnership
limited by shares to be created upon the transformation of legal
form of Fresenius Medical Care AG |
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Lawrence Rosen |
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Member of the Management Board |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Dr. Ben J. Lipps and Dr. Rainer Runte his
true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and
agent, acting alone, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement
(including all pre-effective amendments thereto and all
registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) which
incorporate this Registration Statement by reference) and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, 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 all intends and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said
attorneys-in-facts and
agents, each acting alone, 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 below by
the following persons in the capacities indicated on
January 3, 2006.
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SIGNATURE |
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/s/ Dr. Ben J. Lipps
Dr. Ben J. Lipps |
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Chairman of the Management Board (Chief Executive Officer) of
the Registrant and authorized representative in the United
States of the Registrant |
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/s/ Laurence A. Rosen
Laurence A. Rosen |
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Member of the Management Board (Chief Financial Officer) and
principal accounting officer of the Registrant and Sole Member
of the Management Board of Fresenius Medical Care Management AG,
general partner of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co.
KGaA, a partnership limited by shares to be created upon
transformation of legal form of Fresenius Medical Care AG and
authorized representative in the United States of Fresenius
Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA |
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/s/ Roberto Fusté
Roberto Fusté |
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Member of the Management Board of the Registrant |
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/s/ Dr. Emmanuelle
Gatti
Dr. Emmanuelle Gatti |
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Member of the Management Board of the Registrant |
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/s/ Dr. Rainer Runte
Dr. Rainer Runte |
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Member of the Management Board of the Registrant |
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/s/ Rice Powell
Rice Powell |
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Member of the Management Board of the Registrant |
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/s/ Mats Wahlstrom
Mats Wahlstrom |
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Member of the Management Board of the Registrant |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
NOTE TO EXHIBIT INDEX
The Registrant has chosen to provide information about itself
and Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA at a level
prescribed by
Form F-3.
Accordingly, exhibits not required by
Form F-3 have been
omitted, as permitted by Item 601 of
Regulation S-K.
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Exhibit |
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Description |
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Form of Deposit Agreement between JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA relating to
Ordinary Share ADSs (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(a) to the Registration Statement on
Form F-6, Registration No. 333-130519, filed
December 20, 2005) |
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Form of Deposit Agreement between JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA relating to
Preference Share ADSs (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(a) to the Registration Statement on
Form F-6, Registration No. 333-130493, filed
December 20, 2005) |
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Proposed Articles of Association of Fresenius Medical Care
AG & Co. KGaA to be effective upon completion of the
transformation, an English translation of which is on file with
the SEC |
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Form of Pooling Agreement to be entered into among Fresenius AG,
Fresenius Medical Care AG, Fresenius Medical Care Management AG
(for itself and as general partner of Fresenius Medical Care
AG & Co. KGaA), and the independent directors of
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Amendment No. 2 to the
Registration Statement on Form F-4 of Fresenius Medical
Care AG, Registration No. 333-124759, filed July 1,
2005) |
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Opinion of Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, as to the legality of
the securities being registered |
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Tax Opinion of Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz |
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Tax Opinion of OMelveny & Myers LLP |
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Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges |
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Consent of Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, (included in
Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1 hereto) |
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Consent of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft |
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP |
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Consent of OMelveny & Myers LLP (included in
Exhibit 8.2) |
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to the
registration statement) |
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Form of Letter of Transmittal |
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Form of Exchange Agent Agreement |
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Consent of Gary A. Brukardt pursuant to Rule 438 |