UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

CHINA HYDROELECTRIC CORPORATION

Cayman Islands		20-8979735
(State of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

25B, New Poly Plaza, No. 1 North Chaoyangmen Street
Dongcheng District, Beijing
People's Republic of China		100010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered		each class is to be registered
American Depositary Shares each representing three Ordinary Shares		New York Stock Exchange
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.001 per share		New York Stock Exchange *
Warrants each to purchase three Ordinary Shares		New York Stock Exchange

* Not for trading, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares.

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A(c), please check the following box. þ

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. o

Securities Act registration statement file numbers to which this form relates: 333-163558.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

(Title of class)

 

 

ITEM 1. Description of the Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

     The description of the securities to be registered will be contained in a prospectus, constituting part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-163558), as amended, relating to such securities, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (such prospectus as filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), the “Prospectus”). The description of the securities contained in the Prospectus is hereby incorporated by reference into this Form 8-A. Copies of such description will be filed with the New York Stock Exchange.

ITEM 2. Exhibits

     The securities being registered hereby are to be registered on an exchange on which no other securities of the Registrant are registered. The necessary exhibits will be supplied to the New York Stock Exchange and are not filed with or incorporated by reference to this Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.