Norsk Hydro A S A - Securities Registration (foreign private issuer) (F-3/A)
November 23 2007 - 12:05PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
on November 23, 2007
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Registration No. 333-10580
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.
1 TO
FORM
F-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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NORSK
HYDRO ASA
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Kingdom of Norway
(State or Jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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N/A
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
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Drammensveien 264, Vækerø
N-0240
Oslo
Norway
+47 22
53 81 00
(Address
and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive office)
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Caroline A. Henrich
Norsk
Hydro North America, Inc.
801
International Drive, Suite 200
Linthicum, Maryland 21090
+1(410) 487 4500
(Name,
address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies of
Communications to:
Pamela Gibson
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Broadgate West
9 Appold Street
London
EC2A 2AP
+44 (0)207 655 5006
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time
to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.
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If any of the
securities
being
registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule
415 under the Securities Act of 1933, please check the following box.
x
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering.
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Rule 462(c) 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.
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If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to
Rule 434, please check the following box.
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
On July 13, 1999, Norsk Hydro ASA filed a registration statement on Form F-3
(Registration No. 333-10580) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities
and Exchange Commission to register the ability to offer and sell from time to time an
aggregate of U.S. $1,500,000,000 of debt securities. This Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to
the Registration Statement is being filed solely to terminate the Registration Statement in
respect of unsold securities.
PART
II
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
Norsk Hydro ASA certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the
requirements for filing on Form F-3 are met and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized, in Oslo, Norway, on November 23, 2007.
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NORSK HYDRO ASA
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By:
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/s/ Eivind Reiten
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Name:
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Eivind Reiten
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Title:
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Eivind Reiten, John Ove Ottestad and Peik Norenberg, and
each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement and any and all related 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, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons, in Oslo, Norway, on November 23, 2007, in the capacities
indicated.
Signature
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Title
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/s/ Terje Vareberg
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Chairperson of the Board of Directors
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Terje Vareberg
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/s/ Eivind Reiten
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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Eivind Reiten
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/s/ John Ove Ottestad
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
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John Ove Ottestad
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Officer
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/s/ Grete Faremo
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Director and Deputy Chair
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Grete Faremo
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/s/ Finn Jebsen
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Director
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Finn Jebsen
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/s/ Heidi M. Petersen
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Director
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Heidi M. Petersen
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/s/ Bente Rathe
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Director
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Bente Rathe
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/s/ Svein Rennemo
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Director
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Svein Rennemo
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/s/ Sten Roar Martinsen
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Director
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Sten Roar Martinsen
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/s/ Billy Fredagsvik
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Director
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Billy Fredagsvik
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/s/ Jørn B. Lilleby
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Director
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Jørn B. Lilleby
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/s/ Caroline Henrich
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Authorized U.S. Representative
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Caroline Henrich
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