Rule 12h-6(a) (for equity securities) |
ý | Rule 12h-6(d) (for successor registrants) |
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Rule 12h-6(c) (for debt securities) |
o | Rule 12h-6(i) (for prior Form 15 filers) |
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A. | Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (the Company) first incurred the duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), in 1992. | |
B. | The Company has filed or submitted all reports required under Exchange Act section 13(a) or section 15(d) and corresponding Securities and Exchange Commission rules for the 12 months preceding the filing of this Form 15F, and has filed at least one annual report under section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. |
A. | The Companys ordinary shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the SEHK) which constitutes the primary trading market for the Companys ordinary shares. | |
B. | The Companys ordinary shares were initially listed on the SEHK on October 22, 1999. The Company has maintained the listing of its ordinary shares on the SEHK for at least the 12 months preceding the filing of this Form 15F. | |
C. | The percentage of trading in ordinary shares that occurred in Hong Kong for the 12-month period from March 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009, both dates inclusive, was 94.76%. |
A. | The first and last days of the recent 12-month period used to meet the requirements of Rule 12h-6(a)(4)(i) are March 1, 2008 and February 28, 2009, respectively. | |
B. | For the recent 12-month period specified in Item 4A. above, the average daily trading volume (ADTV) of the Companys American depositary shares (ADSs) (in terms of the underlying number of ordinary shares) in the United States was 748,200 shares and the ADTV of the Companys ordinary shares on a worldwide basis was 17,106,905 shares. | |
C. | For the recent 12-month period specified in Item 4A. above, the ADTV of the Companys ADSs (in terms of the underlying number of ordinary shares) as a percentage of the ADTV of the Companys ordinary shares on a worldwide basis was 4.37%. | |
D. | The Company delisted its ADSs from the New York Stock Exchange effective July 26, 2007. As of that date, the ADTV of the Companys ADSs (in terms of the underlying ordinary shares) in the United States as a percentage of the ADTV of the Companys ordinary shares on a worldwide basis for the preceding 12-month period was 12.63%. | |
E. | The Company has not terminated a sponsored American depositary receipt facility regarding the securities covered by this Form 15F. | |
F. | The source of trading volume information used for determining whether the Company meets the requirements of Rule 12h-6 is Bloomberg L.P. |
Not applicable. |
Not applicable. |
A. | The Company issued a press release on March 2, 2009 disclosing its intent to terminate its duty to file reports under section 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. | |
B. | The Company used PRNewswire to disseminate in the United States the press release referred to in Item 7A. above. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Form 15F. |
Not applicable. |
1.1 | Press release dated March 2, 2009. |
(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. |
BRILLIANCE CHINA AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS LIMITED |
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/s/ WU Xiao An | ||||
Name: | WU Xiao An | |||
Title: | Chairman | |||
Lisa Ng Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (852) 2523 7227 |
Carol Lau CMGRP (Hong Kong) Limited (852) 2533 9981 |