form6k.htm
FORM
6 - K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
As of
February 19, 2008
TENARIS,
S.A.
(Translation
of Registrant's name into English)
TENARIS,
S.A.
46a,
Avenue John F. Kennedy
L-1855
Luxembourg
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover Form 20-F or 40-F.
Form 20-F
x
Form 40-F ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12G3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes ¨ No x
If “Yes”
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ___.
The
attached material is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Rule 13a-16 and Form 6-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. This
report contains Tenaris's press release where provides information required
under new Luxembourg transparency legislation.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
Date:
February 19, 2008
Tenaris,
S.A.
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By: /s/ Cecilia
Bilesio
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Cecilia
Bilesio
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Corporate
Secretary
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Nigel
Worsnop
Tenaris
1-888-300-5432
www.tenaris.com
Tenaris
provides information required under new Luxembourg transparency
legislation
Luxembourg, February 19, 2008.
Tenaris S.A. (NYSE, Buenos Aires and Mexico: TS and MTA Italy: TEN), pursuant to
recently enacted Luxembourg legislation implementing the EU Transparency
Directive, reminds investors that as of the date hereof the number of issued
shares of its capital is 1,180,536,830 ordinary shares, par value U.S.$ 1.00 per
share, each entitling the holder thereof to one vote at Tenaris’s general
shareholders’ meetings.
Under the
new legislation, investors in Tenaris’s securities who directly or indirectly
own or otherwise control 5% or more of the shares of Tenaris’s capital or the
rights to vote such shares should give notice thereof to Tenaris by March 19,
2008, for further publication to the market. The number of shares and votes set
forth above should be used for purposes of determining whether an investor
reaches or exceeds such threshold. In addition, investors should notify Tenaris
and the Luxembourg securities commission (the CSSF) on an ongoing basis whenever
their direct or indirect ownership or other control rights over shares of
Tenaris’s capital or rights to vote such shares either reaches, exceeds or falls
below any of the following thresholds: 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 33.33%, 50% and
66.66%.
Further
information is or will be made available, as appropriate, at:
www.tenaris.com/en/Investors/sharecapitalandvotes.asp.
This
information does not constitute legal advice. Investors are encouraged to seek
advice of counsel in connection with their obligations under the new legislation
and the consequences of failing to comply with any such
obligations.
Tenaris
is a leading global supplier of steel tubes and related services for the world’s
energy industry and certain other industrial applications.