As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 21, 2022.

 Registration No. 333-

 

 

UNITED STATES
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

 

 

SHELL PLC

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

 

N/A

(Translation of issuer’s name into English)

 

England and Wales

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

 

383 Madison Avenue, Floor 11, New York, New York 10179

Telephone: +1-800- 990-1135

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

 

 

CT CORPORATION

111 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10011

+1-212-894-8940

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

 

Copies to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
383 Madison Avenue, Floor 11

New York, New York 10179

Telephone: +1-800-990-1135

Scott R. Saks, Esq.

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6022

Telephone: +1-212-318-3151

 

It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466

☐ 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 (2)

Amount of

Registration Fee

American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing two (2) ordinary shares of Shell plc. 100,000,000 $0.05 $5,000,000 $463.50
(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.

 

Pursuant to Rule 429, the Prospectus contained herein also relates to American Depositary Shares registered under Form F-6 Registration Statement No. 333-227891. This Registration Statement also constitutes Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-227891.

 

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 the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

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 to the form of the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a) to this Registration Statement on Form F-6, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

 

CROSS REFERENCE SHEET

 

Item Number and Caption

 

Location in Form of American Depositary

Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus

       
(1) Name and address of Depositary   Introductory paragraph and bottom of face of American Depositary Receipt
     
(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   Paragraphs (6), (11) and (12)
  (iii) Collection and distribution of dividends   Paragraphs (4), (5), (7), (10), (11), (13) and (20)
  (iv) Transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material   Paragraphs (3), (8), (11) and (12)
  (v) Sale or exercise of rights   Paragraphs (4), (5), (7) and (10)
  (vi) Deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization   Paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (7), (10), (11), (13) and (20)
  (vii) Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement   Paragraphs (16) and (17)
  (viii) Rights of holders of ADRs to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of Holders of ADRs   Paragraph (3)
  (ix) Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities   Paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (5) and (6)
  (x) Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary   Paragraphs (14) and (17)
(3) Fees and Charges   Paragraph (7)

 

 

 

Item 2. AVAILABLE INFORMATION

 

Item Number and Caption 

  Location in Form of American Depositary  
Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
     
Shell plc is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and accordingly files certain reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  These reports can be inspected and retrieved by holders of American Depositary Receipts through the EDGAR system on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s internet website, currently located at www.sec.gov, and can be inspected and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission, currently located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.   Paragraph (8)

 

 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 3. EXHIBITS

 

(a) Form of Deposit Agreement. Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among Shell plc, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary (the “Depositary”), and all Holders and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) issued thereunder, including the Form of ADR attached as Exhibit A thereto. Filed herewith as Exhibit (a).

 

(b) Any other agreement to which the Depositary is a party relating to the issuance of the American Depositary Shares registered hereby 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 Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities being registered. Filed herewith as Exhibit (d).

 

(e) Certification under Rule 466. Not applicable.

 

(f) Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors of the Company. Set forth on 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.

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., acting solely on behalf of the legal entity created by the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among Shell plc, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary, and all Holders and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) issued thereunder, 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 on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The City of New York, State of New York, on January 21, 2022.

  

  Legal entity created by the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement for the issuance of ADRs evidencing American Depositary Shares
     
By: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Depositary
       
    By: /s/ Timothy E. Green
      Name: Timothy E. Green
      Title:    Vice President

  

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Shell plc 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 on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in London, United Kingdom, on January 21, 2022.

 

  SHELL PLC
     
  By: /s/ Jessica Uhl  
    Name: Jessica Uhl
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer

  

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jessica Uhl his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to sign on his or her behalf individually and in any and all capacity including the capacities stated below, any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any and all related subsequent registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form F-6 has been signed by the following persons on January 21, 2022, in the capacities indicated.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Signature

 

Title

     

*

 

Chair

Sir Andrew Mackenzie    
     

*

 

Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Director

Euleen Goh    
     

*

 

Chief Executive Officer

Ben van Beurden   (principal executive officer)
     

/s/ Jessica Uhl

 

Chief Financial Officer

Jessica Uhl   (principal financial and accounting officer)
     

* 

 

Independent Non-Executive Director

Dick Boer    
     

* 

 

Independent Non-Executive Director 

Neil Carson OBE    
     

* 

 

Independent Non-Executive Director 

Ann Godbehere    
     

* 

 

Independent Non-Executive Director 

Catherine J. Hughes    
     

* 

 

Independent Non-Executive Director 

Jane Holl Lute    
     

* 

 

Independent Non-Executive Director

Martina Hund-Mejean    
     

* 

  

Independent Non-Executive Director 

Abraham Schot    
     
Independent Non-Executive Director

Gerrit Zalm

 

         

 

* By: 

/s/ Jessica Uhl 

   
  (Jessica Uhl, Attorney-in-Fact)    

 

 

SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Shell plc has signed this Registration Statement on Form F-6 in Delaware, on January 21, 2022.

         

  Authorized U.S. Representative
       
  By: PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES
     
    By: /s/ Donald J. Puglisi  
      Name: Donald J. Puglisi
      Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number    
(a)   Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among Shell plc, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary (the “Depositary”), and all Holders and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) issued thereunder, including the Form of ADR attached as Exhibit A thereto.
(d)   Opinion of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities being registered.

 

 

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