Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
June 26 2023 - 9:16AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization) |
Not Applicable
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1 Yingbin Road
Shangrao Economic Development Zone
Jiangxi Province, 334100
People’s Republic of China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
2023 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc.
595 Market Street, Suite 2200
San Francisco, California 94105
United States of America
(Name and address of agent for service)
+1 415-402-0502
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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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Large accelerated
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Accelerated filer ¨ |
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Non-accelerated filer ¨ |
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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. ¨
Copies to:
Xiande Li
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
1 Yingbin Road
Shangrao Economic Development Zone
Jiangxi Province, 334100
People’s Republic of China
+86-793 858-8188 |
Shuang Zhao, Esq.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
c/o 37th Floor, Hysan Place
500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
+852 2532 3783 |
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified
in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from the registration statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under
the Securities Act, and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission
either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. The documents containing
the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan covered by this
registration statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. |
Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The following documents previously
filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein:
(a) The Registrant’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022 (File No. 001-34615) filed with the Commission on April 28, 2023; and
(b) The description of the Registrant’s Ordinary Shares incorporated by reference in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A, as amended (File No. 001-34615) filed with the Commission on April 29, 2010, including any amendment and report subsequently filed for the purpose of updating that description.
All documents subsequently
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement will be deemed to be
modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement or in any other later filed document that
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to be a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. |
Description of Securities. |
Not applicable.
Item 5. |
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
Not applicable.
Item 6. |
Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Cayman Islands law does not
limit the extent to which a company’s articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except
to the extent that any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification
against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. The Registrant’s articles of association provide for indemnification
of directors, secretary and other officers of the Registrant and the liquidator or trustees (if any) for the time being acting in relation
to any of the affairs of the Registrant, and every one of their heirs, executors and administrators, from and against all actions, costs,
charges, losses, damages and expenses which they or any of them, their or any of their heirs, executors or administrators, shall or may
incur or sustain by or by reason of any act done, concurred in or omitted in or about the execution of their duty, or supposed duty, in
their respective offices or trusts; and none of them shall be answerable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of the other or
others of them or for joining in any receipts for the sake of conformity, or for any bankers or other persons with whom any moneys or
effects belonging to the Registrant shall or may be lodged or deposited for safe custody, or for insufficiency or deficiency of any security
upon which any moneys of or belonging to the Registrant shall be placed out on or invested, or for any other loss, misfortune or damage
which may happen in the execution of their respective offices or trusts, or in relation thereto; provided that this indemnity shall
not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty which may attach to any of said persons.
The Registrant has agreed
to indemnify its directors and officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made
by reason of their being such a director or officer.
Item 7. |
Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto.
(a) |
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: |
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration
statement; and
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to that information in the registration statement;
provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement;
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in Shanghai, China, on June 26, 2023.
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JINKOSOLAR HOLDING CO., LTD. |
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By: |
/s/ Xiande Li |
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Name: |
Xiande Li |
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Title: |
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Xiande Li, with full power to act alone, as his true
and lawful attorney-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 (including post-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 the said attorney-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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
and on June 26, 2023.
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/s/ Xiande Li |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief |
Xiande Li |
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Executive Officer (principal executive officer) |
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/s/ Xianhua Li |
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Director |
Xianhua Li |
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/s/ Wing Keong Siew |
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Independent Director |
Wing Keong Siew |
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/s/ Steven Markscheid |
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Independent Director |
Steven Markscheid |
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/s/ Yingqiu Liu |
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Independent Director |
Yingqiu Liu |
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/s/ Haiyun (Charlie) Cao |
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Director |
Haiyun (Charlie) Cao |
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/s/Mengmeng (Pan) Li |
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Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and |
Mengmeng (Pan) Li |
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accounting officer) |
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 JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. has signed this
registration statement or amendment thereto in Shanghai, China on June 26, 2023.
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JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc. |
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By: |
/s/ Haiyun (Charlie) Cao |
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Name: |
Haiyun (Charlie) Cao |
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Title: |
Authorized Signatory |
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* Filed herewith.
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