Amended Annual and Transition Report (foreign Private Issuer) (20-f/a)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 20-F/A

 

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

 

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Registration statement pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

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Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015

 

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

 

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

 

Date of event requiring this shell company report                     

 

For the transition period from                      to                     

 

Commission File Number 000-30735

 

 

 

REDIFF.COM INDIA LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

Republic of India

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

Mahalaxmi Engineering Estate

1st Floor, L. J. First Cross Road

Mahim (West)

Mumbai - 400016, India

[phone]

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Swasti Bhowmick

Tel No - [phone] ext 390 Facsimile - [phone]

(Name, telephone, e-mail and/or facsimile number 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
American Depositary Shares, each represented by one-half of one equity share, par value ₹5 per share		NASDAQ Global Market

 

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

None

(Title of Class)

 

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

Not Applicable

(Title of Class)

 

 

 

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: 13,795,178 Equity Shares.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

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   x

 

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  x    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  x    No  ¨

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer  ¨            Accelerated filer  ¨            Non-accelerated filer  x

 

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

 

U.S. GAAP  x

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  x 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to Rediff.com India Limited’s annual report on Form 20-F for the period ended March 31, 2015, originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2015 (the “Form 20-F”), is solely to furnish Exhibit 101 to the Form 20-F in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T.

 

No other changes have been made in this Amendment to the Form 20-F. This Amendment speaks as of the original date of the Form 20-F, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the original filing date and does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the original Form 20-F.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description of Document
101		The following financial information from the Rediff.com India Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2015 is formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this report on its behalf.

 

	REDIFF.COM INDIA LIMITED
	By:		/s/ Ajit Balakrishnan
			Name:		Ajit Balakrishnan
			Title:		Chairman and Managing Director (Principal Executive Officer)

 

Date: August 14, 2015

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this report on its behalf.

 

	REDIFF.COM INDIA LIMITED
	By:		/s/ Swasti Bhowmick
			Name:		Swasti Bhowmick
			Title:		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

Date: August 14, 2015