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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2019
RegistrationNo. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORMS-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Gridsum Holding Inc.
(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.) |
South Wing, High Technology Building
No. 229 North 4th Ring Road
Haidian District, Beijing 100083
People’s Republic of China
(86-10) 8261-9988
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Gridsum Holding Inc. Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Cogency Global Inc.
10 East 40th Street, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10016
(Name and address of agent for service)
(800)221-0102
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael Peng Zhang
Co-Chief Financial Officer
South Wing, High Technology Building
No. 229 North 4th Ring Road
Haidian District, Beijing 100083
People’s Republic of China
(86-10) 8261-9988
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-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 Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☒ |
If an emerging growth company, 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. ☒
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of securities to be registered(1) | Amount to be registered(2) | Proposed maximum offering price per share | Proposed aggregate offering price | Amount of registration fee | ||||
Class B Ordinary Shares, US$0.001 par value per share, to be issued under Registrant’s Equity Incentive Plan | 1,314,257 shares(3) | $1.60(4) | $2,102,811.20 | |||||
Total | 1,314,257 shares | — | $2,102,811.20 | $254.87 | ||||
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(1) | These shares may be represented by the Registrant’s American depositary shares, or ADSs, each of which represents one Class B ordinary share. The ADSs have been registered under a registration statement onForm F-6 (FileNo. 333-213560). |
(2) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. |
(3) | Represents an automatic increase to the number of shares available for issuance under the Gridsum Holding Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (“Plan”). Shares available for issuance under the Plan were previously registered in a registration statement on FormS-8 filed with the SEC on March 17, 2017 (FileNo. 333-216798). On January 1, 2018, the number of shares reserved for future issuance under the Plan was increased by 657,009 shares, which equals to 2.5% of the number of the Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017. On January 1, 2019, the number of shares reserved for future issuance under the Plan was increased by 657,248 shares, which equals to 2.5% of the number of the Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018. |
(4) | Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h), the proposed maximum offering price per share for such shares is based on the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant’s ADSs as quoted on The Nasdaq Stock Market on January 14, 2019. |
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REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E of FormS-8, the Registrant is filing this registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to register the offer and sale of 1,314,257 additional Class B ordinary shares under the Gridsum Holding Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (“Plan”), pursuant to the provisions of the Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder. This registration statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s registration statement on FormS-8 filed with the SEC on March 17, 2017 (FileNo. 333-216798).
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. | Exhibits. |
* | Filed herewith. |
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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 FormS-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on January 22, 2019.
Gridsum Holding Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Guosheng Qi | |
Name: | Guosheng Qi | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, severally and not jointly, Mr. Guosheng Qi and Mr. Michael Peng Zhang, each with full power to act alone, as his or her true and lawfulattorneys-in-fact, with the power of substitution, for and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (includingpost-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each saidattorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each saidattorneys-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Guosheng Qi | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | January 17, 2019 | ||
Guosheng Qi | (principal executive officer) | |||
/s/ Michael Peng Zhang | Co-Chief Financial Officer | January 17, 2019 | ||
Michael Peng Zhang | (co-principal financial and accounting officer) | |||
/s/ Ravi Sarathy | Co-Chief Financial Officer | January 17, 2019 | ||
Ravi Sarathy | (co-principal financial and accounting officer) | |||
/s/ Guofa Yu | Director | January 17, 2019 | ||
Guofa Yu | ||||
/s/ Yanchun Bai | Director | January 17, 2019 | ||
Yanchun Bai | ||||
/s/ Xudong Gao | Director | January 17, 2019 | ||
Xudong Gao | ||||
/s/ Thomas Adam Melcher | Director | January 18, 2019 | ||
Thomas Adam Melcher | ||||
/s/ Peter Andrew Schloss | Director | January 18, 2019 | ||
Peter Andrew Schloss | ||||
/s/ Xiang Fan | Director | January 18, 2019 | ||
Xiang Fan |
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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 Gridsum Holding Inc., has signed this Registration Statement or amendment thereto in New York on January 22, 2019.
COGENCY GLOBAL, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Siu Fung Ming | |
Name: Title: | Siu Fung Ming Assistant Secretary |