As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2022.
Registration No. 333-235862
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DouYu International Holdings Limited
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | Not Applicable | |||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
20/F, Building A, New Development International Center,
No. 473 Guanshan Avenue,
Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei Province
The People’s Republic of China
+86 27 8775 0710
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
DouYu International Holdings Limited Second Amended and Restated Restricted Share Unit Scheme
(Full title of the plans)
Cogency Global Inc.
122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10168
(800) 221-0102
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Shaojie Chen Chief Executive Officer DouYu International Holdings Limited 20/F, Building A, New Development International Center, No. 473 Guanshan Avenue, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei Province The People’s Republic of China +86 27 8775 0710 | Li He, Esq. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP c/o 10th Floor, The Hong Kong Club Building 3A Chater Road Central, Hong Kong +852 2533 3300 |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ | |||
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Emerging growth company | ☐ |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-235862), or the Registration Statement, is being filed by DouYu International Holdings Limited (the “Registrant”), to reflect the second amendment and restatement of its restricted share unit scheme (the “Second Amended and Restated Restricted Share Unit Scheme”) (the “Post-Effective Amendment No.1”). The Second Amended and Restated Restricted Share Unit Scheme is being filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to the Post-Effective Amendment No.1 and to replace Exhibit 10.1 of the Registration Statement. No additional securities are being registered. No changes have been made to the Registration Statement other than the updates to the cover page, this explanatory note and the exhibit index of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 only consists of the cover page, this explanatory note and the exhibit index of the Registration Statement.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the PRC, on November 25, 2022.
DouYu International Holdings Limited | ||
By: | /s/ Shaojie Chen | |
Name: | Shaojie Chen | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on November 25, 2022.
Signature | Title | |
/s/ Shaojie Chen Name: Shaojie Chen | Chief Executive Officer, Director | |
* Name: Mingming Su | Chief Strategy Officer, Director (principal financial and accounting officer) | |
* Name: Hao Cao | Vice President, Director | |
/s/ Yang Deng Name: Yang Deng | Director | |
/s/ Song Zhou Name: Song Zhou | Director | |
* Name: Haiyang Yu | Director | |
* Name: Xi Cao | Independent Director | |
* Name: Zhaoming Chen | Independent Director | |
* Name: Xuehai Wang | Independent Director |
* Name: Zhi Yan | Independent Director |
* | ||
By: | /s/ Shaojie Chen | |
Name: Shaojie Chen | ||
Attorney-in-fact |
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of DouYu International Holdings Limited, has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in New York on November 25, 2022.
Authorized U.S. Representative | ||
By: | /s/ Colleen A. De Vries | |
Name: Colleen A. De Vries Senior Vice President on behalf of Title:Cogency Global Inc. |