As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2019.

 

Registration Statement No. 333-157443

Registration Statement No. 333-222315

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-157443

Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-222315

 

UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

HIGHPOWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   20-4062622
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

Building A1, 68 Xinxia Street, Pinghu,

Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

 

Highpower International, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan

Highpower International, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan

(Full titles of the plans)

 

 

 

Corporation Service Company

2711 Centerville Road

Suite 400

Wilmington, DE 19808
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

800-222-2122

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

 Copies of all communications, including all communications sent to the agent for service, should be sent to:

 

Katherine J. Blair
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
11355 W. Olympic Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA  90064
(310) 312-4252



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 o Accelerated filer o
       
Non-accelerated filer x Smaller reporting company x
       
    Emerging growth company o

 

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.  o

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

 

These Post-Effective Amendments (“Post-Effective Amendments”), filed by Highpower International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), remove from registration all shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and the associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (the “Common Stock”), that remain unsold under the following registration statements (each, a “Registration Statement,” and collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):

 

· Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-157443), which was filed with the SEC on February 20, 2009, pertaining to the registration of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock, available for issuance under the Company’s 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

 

· Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-222315), which was filed with the SEC on December 28, 2017, pertaining to the registration of 2,250,000 shares of Common Stock, available for issuance under the Company's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

 

On June 28, 2019, Highpower International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with HPJ Parent Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”), HPJ Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. Parent is owned by Mr. Dang Yu Pan, Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and Chief Executive Officer and stockholder of the Company, Mr. Wen Liang Li, a director and stockholder of the Company, Mr. Wen Wei Ma, a stockholder of the Company, and Essence International Capital Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong (“Essence”). The Merger became effective on October 31, 2019 (the “Effective Time”), pursuant to a Certificate of Merger filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

As of the Effective Time, each share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than shares of the Company’s common stock held by (a) Messrs. Pan, Li or Ma or their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Rollover Stockholders”) or Parent or, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries or (b) stockholders who have validly exercised their appraisal rights under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, were converted into the right to receive $4.80 in cash without interest (the “Merger Consideration”). In addition, at the Effective Time, each stock option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (each, an “Option”) that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) was canceled and converted into the right to receive, on the next regularly scheduled employee payroll date in the jurisdiction of the holder of such Option, an amount in cash equal to the product of the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per share of the Option. Each outstanding Option that has an exercise price equal to or greater than the Merger Consideration will be cancelled without the right to receive any consideration. At the Effective Time and following the contribution of the Rollover Shares (as hereinafter defined) to Parent, each unvested restricted share of Company common stock granted pursuant to an incentive award that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be treated in the same manner as other outstanding shares of Company common stock at the Effective Time, as previously described herein.

 

As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated any and all offerings of its securities pursuant to its existing registration statements, including the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any and all securities that were registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration any and all securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statements.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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 these Post-Effective Amendments to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Shenzhen, Guangdong on this 31st day of October, 2019.

 

  HIGHPOWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
     
  By:  /s/ Shengbin (Sunny) Pan
   

Shengbin (Sunny) Pan

Chief Financial Officer

     

 

No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 

 

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