Termination of Registration of a Class of Security Under Section 12(b) (15-12b)
January 03 2018 - 5:01PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 15F
CERTIFICATION OF A FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER’S TERMINATION OF
REGISTRATION OF A CLASS OF SECURITIES UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR ITS TERMINATION OF THE DUTY TO
FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTION 13(a) OR SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission
File Number:
001-35575
Cencosud S.A.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Av. Kenedy 9001, Piso 6
Las Condes, Santiago
Chile
+56 (2) 2959-0545
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive offices)
Common Shares, no par value
American Depositary Shares, each of which represents three (3)
common shares
(Title of each class of securities covered by this
Form)
Place
an X in the appropriate box(es) to indicate the provision(s) relied
upon to terminate the duty to file reports under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934:
Rule
12h-6(a)
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(for
equity securities)
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Rule
12h-6(d) ☐
(for
successor registrants)
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Rule
12h-6(c) ☐
(for
debt securities)
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Rule
12h-6(i) ☐
(for
prior Form 15 filers)
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PART I
Item
1. Exchange Act Reporting History
A.
Cencosud S.A.
(“
Cencosud
”) first incurred
the duty to file reports under section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“
Exchange
Act
”) on June 21, 2012, the date that its registration
statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333-181711) was declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”). On June 6, 2017, Cencosud filed a Form
25 with the Commission in connection with its delisting of its
American Depositary Shares from the New York Stock Exchange,
terminating the associated registration under Section 12(b) of the
Exchange Act.
B.
Cencosud
has filed or submitted all
reports required under Exchange Act section 13(a) or 15(d) and
corresponding Commission rules for the 12 months preceding the
filing of this form. Cencosud has filed at least one annual report
under section 13(a).
Item
2. Recent United States Market Activity
Cencosud’s
securities were last sold in the United States in a registered
offering under the Securities Act of 1933 required to be disclosed
under this Item on July 14, 2016, pursuant to a Registration
Statement on Form F-3.
Item
3. Foreign Listing and Primary Trading
Market
A.
Cencosud’s
common shares are listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange, the Chile
Electronic Stock Exchange and the Valparaíso Stock Exchange,
which are referred to collectively as the Chilean Stock Exchanges,
all located in Chile, which constitutes the primary trading market
(as defined in Rule 12h-6(f) under the Exchange Act) for
Cencosud’s common shares.
B.
Cencosud’s
common shares were listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange, on the
Chile Electronic Stock Exchange and on the Valparaiso Stock
Exchange in 2004. Cencosud has maintained the listings of its
common shares on such exchanges since such date, which is more than
12 months preceding the filing of this Form 15F.
C.
During the 12-month
period beginning December 15, 2016 and ending December 27, 2017,
96.1% of trading in Cencosud’s common shares occurred on the
Chilean Stock Exchanges in Chile.
Item
4. Comparative Trading Volume Data
Not
applicable.
Item
5. Alternative Record Holder Information
On
December 27, 2017, the number of United States resident record
holders of Cencosud’s common shares, as determined pursuant
to Rule 12h-6(e), was 232. Cencosud relied upon the assistance of
Computershare, Broadridge Financial Solutions and Morales&Besa
Ltda. to determine the number of record holders who are United
States residents.
Item
6. Debt Securities
Not
applicable.
Item
7. Notice Requirement
A.
Pursuant to Rule
12h-6(h), Cencosud disclosed its intent to terminate its duty to
file reports under section 13(a) and section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act by means of a press release issued on January 3,
2018.
B.
The press release
described above was disseminated by Issuer Direct, the service
Cencosud typically uses to publish its press releases in the United
States, which disseminated the release to major newswire services,
including Bloomberg and Reuters in the United States. Additionally,
the press release was published on Cencusod’s Internet
website. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to
this Form 15F.
Item
8. Prior Form 15 Filers
Not
applicable.
PART
II
Item
9. Rule 12g3-2(b) Exemption
Cencosud will
publish the information required under Rule 12g3-2(b)(1)(iii) on
its Internet website at:
http://investors.cencosud.com/English/investor-overview/default.aspx
.
PART III
Item
10. Exhibits
1.1
Press release dated January 3, 2018.
Item
11. Undertakings
The
undersigned issuer hereby undertakes to withdraw this Form 15F if,
at any time before the effectiveness of its termination of
reporting under Rule 12h-6, it has actual knowledge of information
that causes it reasonably to believe that, at the time of filing
the Form 15F:
(1)
The average daily
trading volume of its subject class of securities in the United
States exceeded 5 percent of the average daily trading volume of
that class of securities on a worldwide basis for the same recent
12-month period that the issuer used for purposes of Rule
12h-6(a)(4)(i);
(2)
Its subject class
of securities was held of record by 300 or more United States
residents or 300 or more persons worldwide, if proceeding under
Rule 12h-6(a)(4)(ii) or Rule 12h-6(c); or
(3)
It otherwise did
not qualify for termination of its Exchange Act reporting
obligations under Rule 12h-6.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Cencosud S.A. has duly authorized the undersigned person to sign on
its behalf this certification on Form 15F. In so doing, Cencosud
S.A. certifies that, as represented on this Form, it has complied
with all of the conditions set forth in Rule 12h-6 for terminating
its registration under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, or its
duty to file reports under Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, or both.
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CENCOSUD S.A.
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(Registrant)
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By:
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/s/
Sebastián Rivera Martínez
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Name:
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Sebastián
Rivera Martínez
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Title:
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Legal
Manager
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Date:
January 3, 2018
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