For the holders of the Company's American Depositary Receipts representing ADSs (the "ADRs"), the Ratio Change has the same effect as a one-for-two-thousand reverse ADS split and will have no impact on an ADR holder's proportional equity interest in the Company. The Ratio Change is intended to result in a price per ADS in a customary range for a new exchange-listed equity security for purposes of satisfying the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). As disclosed in the Material Facts dated April 3, 2024, July 2, 2024 and July 18, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company has approved the initiation of the process to open and relist the Company's ADRs on NYSE, and such process is currently ongoing. When the Company relists its ADRs on the NYSE, it expects they will trade under the ticker symbol "LTM."
On the Effective Date, holders of uncertificated ADRs in the Direct Registration System ("DRS") and The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") will have their ADRs automatically exchanged and need not take any action. In such a case , the exchange of every two thousand (2,000) then-held (existing) ADSs for one (1) new ADS will occur automatically at the Effective Date, with the then-held ADSs being cancelled and new ADSs being issued by the Depositary. Registered holders of certificated ADRs will be required on a mandatory basis to surrender their certificated ADRs to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., the depositary bank (the "Depositary"), for cancellation and will receive one (1) new ADR representing one (1) ADS in exchange for every two thousand (2,000) existing ADSs (as represented in the surrendered ADR). ADS beneficial holders who hold through an ADR holder intermediary need not take any action in connection with the Ratio Change.
For a limited period of time, the Company has agreed to assume the following fees, if any: (i) cancellation fees from the date of this announcement to the Effective Date; (ii) in connection with the first registered offering of our securities following the date hereof, issuance or cancellation fees during the ten (10) business days after the pricing date; and (iii) issuance fees for all ADRs issued in connection with follow-on offerings registered with the SEC in excess of U.S.$50 million, and cancellation fees for all ADRs cancelled in the five (5) business days after the settlement date of such follow-on offerings.
No fractional new ADSs will be issued in connection with the Ratio Change. Instead, fractional entitlements to new ADSs will be aggregated and sold, and the net cash proceeds from the sale of the fractional ADS entitlements (after deduction of fees, taxes, and expenses) will be distributed to the applicable ADR holders by the Depositary.
Any ADS holder that, as a consequence of the Ratio Change, would receive a fractional entitlement to an ADS as described above, may be entitled to withdraw its common shares underlying the ADS from the Depositary's facility at no cost to such holder prior to the Effective Date by contacting the Depositary.
The Company's total outstanding stock amounts to approximately 604 billion common shares, which on an ADS adjusted basis would amount to approximately 302 million ADSs, considering the Ratio Change. The Company's Board of Directors also approved on July 17, 2024 the registration of an additional 100,000,000 ADSs to be added to the 217,000,000 ADSs currently registered, totaling approximately 317,000,000 ADSs registered. These new ADSs will be available for all future issuances of ADSs, including to those shareholders who, from time to time, opt to exchange their shares for ADSs in our ADR program.
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