As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 5, 2006
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY
“VIMPEL-COMMUNICATIONS”
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Russian Federation | N/A | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 10 Ulitsa 8-Marta, Building 14 | ||
| Moscow, Russian Federation | 127083 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Amended and Restated
VIMPELCOM
2000 Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
| CT Corporation System | ||
| 111 Eighth Avenue | ||
| New York, New York 10011 | (212) 894-8940 | |
| (Name and Address of Agent for Service) | (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
| Title of Securities To Be Registered |
Amount To Be Registered (1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2) |
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering |
Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
| Common stock, par value 0.5 kopecks per |
260,625 | $211.90 | $55,226,437.50 | $5,909.23 |
| (1) | Issuable upon the exercise of options available for grant under the Amended and Restated VimpelCom 2000 Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time. The number of shares of Common Stock registered hereby is subject to adjustment to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933. |
| (2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the American Depositary Shares of Open Joint Stock Company “Vimpel-Communications” (“VimpelCom”) evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each representing 1/4 of one share of Common Stock of VimpelCom, on August 29, 2006, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. |
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E – REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
The additional shares to be registered by this Registration Statement are of the same class as those securities covered by Open Joint Stock Company “Vimpel-Communications” (“VimpelCom”) and VC ESOP N.V.’s (“VC ESOP”) previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-13008 and 333-125027) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 2000 and May 15, 2005, respectively, (collectively the “Registration Statements”) with respect to the VimpelCom 2000 Stock Option Plan (as amended, restated and renamed the Amended and Restated VimpelCom 2000 Stock Option Plan on December 19, 2003 and amended on April 29, 2005 the “Plan”). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statements, including reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as well as any amendments that VimpelCom filed after the dates of the Registration Statements to maintain current information about VimpelCom, are incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment Number Two to the Plan was approved by VimpelCom’s board of directors on April 7, 2006, by VC ESOP’s board of directors on April 18, 2006 and by VC ESOP’s shareholders on April 28, 2006. The amendment increased the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan from 450,000 to 650,000 shares.
Amendment Number Three to the Plan was approved by VimpelCom’s board of directors on May 24, 2006 and VC ESOP’s board of directors and shareholders on June 26, 2006. The amendment clarified the extent to which shares underlying options exercised pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure may again become available for future grant under the Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Moscow, Russian Federation on this 5th day of September, 2006.
| OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY | ||
| “VIMPEL-COMMUNICATIONS” | ||
| By: | /s/ Alexander V. Izosimov | |
| Name: | Alexander V. Izosimov | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
The undersigned directors and officers of VimpelCom hereby constitute and appoint Alexander V. Izosimov, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, our true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power to execute in our name and behalf in the capacities indicated below any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments and amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Commission and hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorney-in-fact or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ David J. Haines |
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| David J. Haines |
Chairman of the Board of Directors | August 31, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Alexander V. Izosimov |
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| Alexander V. Izosimov |
Chief Executive Officer | August 31, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Mikhail M. Fridman |
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| Mikhail M. Fridman |
Director | August 31, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Arve Johansen |
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| Arve Johansen |
Director | August 31, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Jo Lunder |
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| Jo Lunder |
Director | August 31, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Oleg A. Malis |
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| Oleg A. Malis |
Director | August 31, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Leonid R. Novoselsky |
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| Leonid R. Novoselsky |
Director | August 31, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Alexey M. Reznikovich |
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| Alexey M. Reznikovich |
Director | August 31, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Fridtjof Rusten |
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| Fridtjof Rusten |
Director | August 31, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Henrik Torgersen |
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| Henrik Torgersen |
Director | August 31, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Elena A. Shmatova |
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| Elena A. Shmatova |
Chief Financial Officer | August 31, 2006 | ||
| Puglisi & Associates |
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| /s/ Donald J. Puglisi |
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| Donald J. Puglisi, Managing Director |
Authorized Representative in the United States | August 31, 2006 | ||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit Number |
Description of Exhibits | |||
| 4.1 | — | Amended and Restated VimpelCom 2000 Stock Option Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registration statement on Form S-8 filed on May 18, 2005. | ||
| 4.2 | — | Amendment Number One to the Amended and Restated VimpelCom 2000 Stock Option Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registration statement on Form S-8 filed on May 18, 2005. | ||
| 4.3* | — | Amendment Number Two to the Amended and Restated VimpelCom 2000 Stock Option Plan. | ||
| 4.4* | — | Amendment Number Three to the Amended and Restated VimpelCom 2000 Stock Option Plan. | ||
| 23.1* | — | Consent of Ernst & Young LLC. | ||
| 24.1* | — | Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature pages of this Registration Statement). | ||
| * | Filed herewith |