NPSCY Nippon Steel Corporation (PK)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F/A

Amendment No.1

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For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019

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For the transition period from                  to                 

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Date of event requiring this shell company report

Commission file number: 333-228135

Nippon Seitetsu Kabushiki Kaisha

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nippon Steel Corporation

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Tatsuya Mizuno

General Manager, Head of General Administration Department

6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8071, Japan

Tel: +81 3 6867-4111

(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:

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:

Common Stock

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.

As of March 31, 2019, 950,321,402 shares of Common Stock were outstanding.

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

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 every interactive data file required to be submitted 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 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):

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.    ☐

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

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

This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F (this “Form 20-F/A”) of Nippon Steel Corporation for the year ended March 31, 2019 (the “Form 20-F”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2019, is being filed solely for the purpose of adding Exhibit 101 to Item 19 “Exhibits” and furnishing the Interactive Data File (as defined in Rule 11 of Regulation S-T) as Exhibit 101 in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T. Exhibit 101, which contains interactive data files in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), was previously omitted from the Form 20-F in accordance with the 30-day grace period for initial interactive data submission under Rule 405(f)(2)(ii) of Regulation S-T.

Except as described above, this Form 20-F/A does not, and does not purport to, amend, modify, update or restate any information set forth in the Form 20-F or reflect any events that occurred subsequent to the filing of the Form 20-F on July 16, 2019.