UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of August 2005

Commission File Number 001-16429

 

ABB Ltd

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

P.O. Box 1831, Affolternstrasse 44, CH-8050, Zurich, Switzerland

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F    ý

 

Form 40-F    o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):    o

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

 

Indication by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):    o

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

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    o

 

No    ý

 

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-                         .

 

 


 

This Form 6-K consists of the following:

 

1.

 

Notification of ABB Ltd (the “Company”), dated August 18, 2005, in connection with FMR Corp.’s holdings of the Company.

 

Notification

 

Disclosure of Shareholdings

 

FMR’s holdings in ABB fall below 5 Percent

 

Zurich,  August 18, 2005  -   Pursuant to Art. 20 of stock exchange act, FMR Corp., 82 Devonshire Street, Boston MA 02109, USA, announced that, as per August 12, 2005, it, together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, holds for its funds and clients a total of registered shares of ABB Ltd, Zurich, which is less than 5 percent of total capital and voting rights.

 

For more information please contact:

 

ABB Corporate Communications, Zurich

ABB Investor Relations

Thomas Schmidt

Switzerland: Tel. +41 43 317 3804

Tel: +41 43 317 6492

Sweden: Tel. +46 21 325 719

Fax: +41 43 317 7958

USA: Tel. +1 203 750 7743

media.relations@ch.abb.com

investor.relations@ch.abb.com

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

ABB LTD

 

 

 

Date: August 23, 2005

By:

 

/s/ Francois Champagne

 

 

Name:

Francois Champagne

 

Title:

Group Vice President and Senior

 

 

Counsel

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Richard A. Brown

 

 

Name:

Richard A. Brown

 

Title:

Group Vice President and

 

 

Assistant General Counsel

 

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