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
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20-4062622
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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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.
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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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”):
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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.
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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.
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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.
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HIGHPOWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Shengbin (Sunny) Pan
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Shengbin (Sunny) Pan
Chief Financial Officer
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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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