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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2024.

Registration No. 333-

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM F-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

Amer Sports, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Not Applicable

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

Cayman Islands 2300 Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive,

P.O. Box 2681,
Grand Cayman, KY1-1111,

Cayman Islands

+1 345 945 3901

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

 

Andrew E. Page 
Chief Financial Officer

One Prudential Plaza

130 East Randolph Street #600

Chicago, IL 60601

+1 773 714-6400

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

  Copies to:  

Michael Kaplan

Li He

Roshni Banker Cariello
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
+1 212 450-4000

Jutta Karlsson
General Counsel
Siltasaarenkatu 8-10

FI-00530 Helsinki
Finland

+358 (0)20 712 2500

Marc D. Jaffe
Ian D. Schuman
Michael Benjamin
Adam J. Gelardi
Latham & Watkins LLP
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

+1 212 906-1200

 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ¨

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. x File No. 333-283554

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.

 

The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for the sole purpose of increasing the aggregate number of ordinary shares offered by Amer Sports, Inc. (the “Registrant”) by 7,820,000 shares, 1,020,000 of which are subject to purchase upon exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional ordinary shares of the Registrant. The additional securities that are being registered for sale are in an amount and at a price that together represent not more than 20% of the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the filing fee table filed as an exhibit to the Initial Registration Statement (defined below). The contents of the Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-283554), including all exhibits thereto (the “Initial Registration Statement”), filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act, which was declared effective by the Commission on December 4, 2024, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

 

The required opinion and consents are listed on the below Exhibit Index and filed herewith.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number Description
5.1 Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman, as to the validity of the ordinary shares.
23.1 Consent of KPMG AB.
23.2 Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to the Registration Statement on Form F-1, File No. 333-283554).
107 Filing Fee Table.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Helsinki on December 4, 2024.

 

  Amer Sports, Inc.

 

  By: /s/ Jie (James) Zheng

    Name: Jie (James) Zheng
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on December 4, 2024 in the capacities indicated:

 

Name

 

Title

     
/s/ Jie (James) Zheng  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(principal executive officer)

Jie (James) Zheng

 
     
/s/ Andrew E. Page   Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

Andrew E. Page

 
     
*   Director

Mingwei Bi

 
     
*   Director and Chair

Shizhong Ding

 
     
*   Director
Bruno Sälzer    
     
*   Director
Catherine (Trina) Spear    
     
*   Director
Frank K. Tang    
     
*   Director
Tak Yan (Dennis) Tao    
     
*   Director
Carrie Teffner    
     
*   Director
Dennis J. (Chip) Wilson    
     
*   Director
Ling Xiong    
     
*   Director
Kin Wah Stephen Yiu    

 

   
* /s/ Andrew E. Page    
Andrew E. Page, as Attorney-in-Fact    

 

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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE

 

Under the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Amer Sports, Inc., has signed this Registration Statement on December 4, 2024.

 

  Authorized U.S. Representative

 

  By: /s/ Andrew E. Page
    Andrew E. Page
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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