As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2018

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 20-F/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

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

 

OR

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017

 

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

OR

 

SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

Commission file number: 001-33356

 

GAFISA S.A.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

N/A
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

The Federative Republic of Brazil
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

Av. Nações Unidas No. 8,501, 19th Floor
05425-070 – São Paulo, SP – Brazil|
phone: + 55 (11) 3025-9000
fax: + 55 (11) 3025-9348
e mail: ri@gafisa.com
Attn: Carlos Eduardo Moraes Calheiros – Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
(Name, Telephone, E-Mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

 

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

 

Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares, without par value* New York Stock Exchange

* Traded only in the form of American Depositary Shares (as evidenced by American Depositary Receipts),  

each representing two common shares which are registered under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

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

 

None

 

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

 

None

 

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

 

The number of outstanding shares as of December 31, 2017 was:

 

Title of Class Number of Shares Outstanding
Common Stock 28,040,162*

 

*Includes 938,044 common shares that are held in treasury.

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

 

☐ Yes        ☒  No

 

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Yes      No

 

Note – Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

Yes     No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

Yes     No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large Accelerated Filer     Accelerated Filer     Non-accelerated Filer     Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

 

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

 

U.S. GAAP

 

International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board

 

Other

 

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

 

Item 17      Item 18

 

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

Yes      No

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

We are amending our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Annual Report” as originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 30, 2018) solely for the purpose of filing with the SEC the financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 of Alphaville Urbanismo S.A. as Exhibit 13.3.

 

Other than set forth above, this Form 20-F/A does not, and does not purport to, amend, update or restate the information in any other item of the Annual Report as originally filed with the SEC. As a result, this Form 20-F/A does not reflect any events that may have occurred after the Annual Report was filed on April 30, 2018.

 

 

 

PART III

 

Item 17. Financial Statements

 

We have responded to Item 18 in lieu of responding to this Item.

 

Item 18. Financial Statements

 

See our audited consolidated financial statements beginning on page F-1.

 

Item 19. Exhibits

 

We are filing the following documents as part of this Amendment No. 1 to the annual report on Form 20-F:

 

1.1.       Bylaws of Gafisa S.A., as amended (English), which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 5, 2012.

 

2.1.       Deposit Agreement dated March 21, 2007, among Gafisa S.A., Citibank, N.A., as depositary, and the Holders and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(a) to our registration statement on Form F-6 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2007.

 

4.1.       Merger of shares agreement dated November 9, 2009 between Gafisa S.A. and Construtora Tenda S.A., which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our registration statement on Form F-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2009.

 

8.1.       List of Subsidiaries.

 

11.1.     Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (English), which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 11. 1 to our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2007 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2008.

 

12.1.     Certification pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of the Chief Executive Officer*

 

12.2.     Certification pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of the Chief Financial Officer*

 

13.1.     Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of the Chief Executive Officer*

 

13.2.     Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of the Chief Financial Officer*

 

13.3.     Financial Statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 of Alphaville Urbanismo S.A.*

 

 

* Filed herewith.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES


The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amendment No. 1 to the annual report on Form 20-F on its behalf.

 

  GAFISA S.A.  
     
  By: /s/ Sandro Rogério da Silva Gamba  
    Name: Sandro Rogério da Silva Gamba  
    Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

  By: /s/ Carlos Eduardo Moraes Calheiros  
    Name: Carlos Eduardo Moraes Calheiros  
    Title: Chief Financial Officer  

 

Date: August 14, 2018