Unassociated Document

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2008
Registration No. 333-136367


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

Not applicable
(Translation of issuer's name into English)

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

4 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004
Telephone (212) 623-0636
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)
____________________
Terry Griffith
Allianz of America Corporation.
777 San Marin Drive
Novato, California 94998
(415) 899-4669
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:
Scott A. Ziegler, Esq.
Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP
570 Lexington Avenue, 44th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212) 319-7600

It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466
x  immediately upon filing
o  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 one-tenth of one ordinary share, no par value, of Allianz SE
100,000,000
American Depositary Shares
$0.05
$5,000,000
$196.50
(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.
 
 
 

 

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)(2) to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.
 
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
 
Item 1. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
 
Item Number and Caption
 
Location in Form of American Depositary
Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
       
(1)
Name and address of Depositary
 
Introductory paragraph
(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 (4), (12) and (13)
 
(iii)
Collection and distribution of dividends
 
Paragraphs (10), (11), and (12)
 
(iv)
Transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material
 
Paragraphs (8), (10) and (13)
 
(v)
Sale or exercise of rights
 
Paragraph (11)
 
(vi)
Deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization
 
Paragraphs (11) and (14)
 
(vii)
Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement
 
Paragraphs (16) and (17)
 
(viii)
Rights of holders of receipts to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of Holders of receipts
 
Paragraph (2)
 
(ix)
Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities
 
Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (6) and (7)
 
(x)
Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary
 
Paragraph (15)
(3)
Fees and Charges
 
Paragraph (9)
 
 
 

 

Item 2. AVAILABLE INFORMATION

 
Item Number and Caption
 
Location in Form of American Depositary Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
     
(b)
Statement that Allianz SE is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, accordingly, files certain reports with the Commission -- and that such reports can be inspected by holders of American Depositary Receipts and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Commission in Washington, D.C.
 
Paragraph (10)

 
 

 

PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 3. EXHIBITS
 
 
(a)(1)
Form of Deposit Agreement. Deposit Agreement dated as of November 3, 2000 among Allianz SE, JPMorgan Chase Bank (fka Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York), as depositary (the "Depositary"), and all holders from time to time of ADRs issued thereunder (the "Deposit Agreement"). Previously filed as an Exhibit to Registration Statement No. 333-12750 which is incorporated herein by reference.
 
(a)(2)
Form of ADR. Filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(2).
 
 
(b)
Any other agreement to which the Depositary is a party relating to the issuance of the American Depositary Shares registered hereunder 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 Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities being registered. Filed herewith as Exhibit (d).
 
 
(e)
Certification under Rule 466. Filed herewith as Exhibit (e).
 
 
(f)
Power of Attorney. Included as part of 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., on behalf of the legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement, 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The City of New York, State of New York, on July 30, 2008.
 
 
Legal entity created by the form of Deposit Agreement for the issuance of ADRs evidencing American Depositary Shares
     
 
By:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Depositary
     
     
 
By:
/s/Joseph M.. Leinhauser
 
Name:
Joseph M. Leinhauser
 
Title:
Vice President

 
 

 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Allianz SE 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Munich, Germany on July 30, 2008.
 

 
ALLIANZ SE
     
     
 
By:
/s/Dr. Helmut Perlet
 
Name:
Dr. Helmut Perlet
 
Title:
Member of the Management Board, CFO
     
     
 
By:
/s/Stephan Theissing
 
Name:
Stephan Theissing
 
Title:
Head of Group Corporate Finance & Treasury

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dr. Helmut Perlet and Stephan Theissing, jointly and severally, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of July 30, 2008.
 
 
 

 

Signatures
Title
 
 
 
/s/Michael Diekmann

Michael Diekmann
 
 
 
Chairman of the Management Board
(principal executive officer)
 
 
 
/s/Dr. Helmut Perlet

Dr. Helmut Perlet
 
 
 
Member of the Management Board
(principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
 
 
 
/s/Dr. Paul Achleitner

Dr. Paul Achleitner
 
 
 
Member of the Management Board
 
 
/s/Oliver Bäte

Oliver Bäte
 
 
Member of the Management Board
 
 
/s/Clement B. Booth

Clement B. Booth
 
 
Member of the Management Board
 
 
 
/s/Enrico Cucchiani

Enrico Cucchiani
 
 
 
Member of the Management Board
 
 
 
/s/Dr. Joachim Faber

Dr. Joachim Faber
 
 
 
Member of the Management Board
 
 
/s/Dr. Herbert Walter

Dr. Herbert Walter
 
 
Member of the Management Board

 
 

 

 
 
 

Dr. Gerhard Rupprecht
 
 
 
Member of the Management Board
 
 
 

Jean-Philippe Thierry
 
 
 
Member of the Management Board
 
 
 
/s/Dr. Werner Zedelius

Dr. Werner Zedelius
 
 
 
Member of the Management Board
 
 
 
/s/Terry Griffith

Terry Griffith
 
 
 
Authorized Representative in
the United States

 
 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number
   
Sequentially Numbered Page
(a)(2)
 
Form of ADR.
 
(d)
 
Opinion of Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities to be registered.
 
(e)
 
Rule 466 Certification