UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
SCHEDULE 13D/A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3)*
 
Vipshop Holdings Limited
(Name of Issuer)
 
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
92763W103
(CUSIP Number)
 
Tencent Holdings Limited
29/F., Three Pacific Place,
No. 1 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Telephone: +852 3148 5100
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
 
December 13, 2019
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
 
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-l(f) or 240.13d-l(g), check the following box. ☐
 
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
 
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
 
 


CUSIP No. 92763W103
SCHEDULE 13D
Page 2 of 7

 
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON OR
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
 
Tencent Mobility Limited
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
 
 
(a)  o
(b)  ☒
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
 
AF
 
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
 
 
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
Hong Kong
 
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
None
8
SHARED VOTING POWER

38,797,7971
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
None
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
12,852,698
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
12,852,6982
 
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 
 
o
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
9.6% of total outstanding Shares and 11.0% of Class A Ordinary Shares3
 
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
CO
 


1
Includes 12,852,698 Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares”) beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, 16,510,358 Class B ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 per share (“Class B Ordinary Shares”) held by Elegant Motion Holdings Limited and beneficially owned by Mr. Eric Ya Shen and 385,000 Class A ordinary shares beneficially owned by Mr. Eric Ya Shen as of March 31, 2019 as options granted under a share incentive plan of the Issuer, and 8,952,810 Class A Ordinary Shares held by High Vivacity Holdings Limited and beneficially owned by Mr. Arthur Xiaobo Hong and 96,931 Class A ordinary shares beneficially owned by Mr. Arthur Xiaobo Hong as of March 31, 2019 as restricted shares granted under a share incentive plan of the Issuer.  Each Class B Ordinary Share is convertible into one Class A Ordinary Share at any time by the holder thereof.  Elegant Motion Holdings Limited, Mr. Eric Ya Shen, High Vivacity Holdings Limited and Mr. Arthur Xiaobo Hong are collectively referred to as the “Founder Parties.”  Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2017, by and among the Issuer, the Founder Parties, Windcreek Limited and the Reporting Person, the Founder Parties agreed to support and vote their Shares (as defined herein) in favor of and not take any action to prevent the appointment or election of one (1) director designated by the Reporting Person to the Issuer’s board of directors.  The undersigned disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities indicated.
2
The Reporting Person is deemed to beneficially own 12,852,698 Class A Ordinary Shares. Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares are collectively referred to as “Shares.”
3
As a percentage of 133,799,695 outstanding Shares of the Issuer, as of September 30, 2019, as reported by the Issuer in its Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2019 (including 117,289,337 Class A Ordinary Shares and 16,510,358 Class B Ordinary Shares).  Each Class A Ordinary Share is entitled to one vote per share, and each Class B Ordinary Share is entitled to ten votes per share.  Accordingly, and based on the foregoing, the 12,852,698 Class A Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person represent 9.6% of the total Shares outstanding, 11.0% of the Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding and approximately 4.6% of the aggregate voting power of the total issued and outstanding Shares.


CUSIP No. 92763W103
SCHEDULE 13D
Page 3 of 7

 
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON OR
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
 
Tencent Holdings Limited
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
 
 
(a)  o
(b)  ☒
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
 
AF
 
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
 
 
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
Cayman Islands
 
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
None
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
38,797,7974
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
None
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

12,852,698
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
12,852,6985
 
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 
 
o
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
9.6% of total outstanding Shares and 11.0% of Class A Ordinary Shares6
 
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
CO
 


4
Includes 12,852,698 Class A Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, 16,510,358 Class B Ordinary Shares held by Elegant Motion Holdings Limited and beneficially owned by Mr. Eric Ya Shen and 385,000 Class A ordinary shares beneficially owned by Mr. Eric Ya Shen as of March 31, 2019 as options granted under a share incentive plan of the Issuer, and 8,952,810 Class A Ordinary Shares held by High Vivacity Holdings Limited and beneficially owned by Mr. Arthur Xiaobo Hong and 96,931 Class A ordinary shares beneficially owned by Mr. Arthur Xiaobo Hong as of March 31, 2019 as restricted shares granted under a share incentive plan of the Issuer. Each Class B Ordinary Share is convertible into one Class A Ordinary Share at any time by the holder thereof. Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2017, by and among the Issuer, the Founder Parties, Windcreek Limited and Tencent Mobility Limited, the Founder Parties agreed to support and vote their Shares (as defined herein) in favor of and not take any action to prevent the appointment or election of one (1) director designated by Tencent Mobility Limited to the Issuer’s board of directors.  The undersigned disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities indicated.
5
The Reporting Person is deemed to beneficially own 12,852,698 Class A Ordinary Shares.

6
As a percentage of 133,799,695 outstanding Shares of the Issuer, as of September 30, 2019, as reported by the Issuer in its Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2019 (including 117,289,337 Class A Ordinary Shares and 16,510,358 Class B Ordinary Shares).  Each Class A Ordinary Share is entitled to one vote per share, and each Class B Ordinary Share is entitled to ten votes per share.  Accordingly, and based on the foregoing, the 12,852,698 Class A Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person represent 9.6% of the total Shares outstanding, 11.0% of the Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding and approximately 4.6% of the aggregate voting power of the total issued and outstanding Shares.


CUSIP No. 92763W103
SCHEDULE 13D
Page 4 of 7
 
 
Item 1. Security and Issuer

This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D, filed on January 8, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the statement on Schedule 13D filed on December 21, 2018 and further amended by Amendment No. 2 to the statement on Schedule 13D filed on March 7, 2019 (as so amended, the “Statement”) relating to the Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) of Vipshop Holdings Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Issuer”). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is No. 20 Huahai Street, Liwan District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510370, People's Republic of China.

The Issuer’s American depositary shares (the “ADSs”), each representing 0.2 Class A Ordinary Share, are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “VIPS.” The Reporting Persons (as defined below) beneficially own Class A Ordinary Shares (including the Class A Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs).

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

The information contained in Item 3 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following information:

From November 25, 2019 to, and including December 13, 2019, Tencent Mobility purchased an aggregate of 6,472,841 ADSs, representing approximately 1,294,568 Class A Ordinary Shares of the Issuer, in the open market, for an aggregate purchase price of US$84,191,948 with a weighted average trading price of US$13.01 per ADS.  Tencent Mobility used funds from an affiliate, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tencent, to acquire such shares.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

The information contained in Item 5 of the Statement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(a) - (b) As of the date of this Statement, each Reporting Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership and shared power to vote or direct the vote of 12,852,698 Class A Ordinary Shares.

Based on a total of 117,289,337 Class A Ordinary Shares and 16,510,358 Class B Ordinary Shares outstanding, as of September 30, 2019, as reported by the Issuer in its Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2019, the Reporting Persons beneficially held approximately 9.6% of the total Shares outstanding and 11.0% of the Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding.

Except as set forth in this Item 5(a) and (b), to the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, no person identified in Appendix A hereto beneficially owns any Shares.

(c) Except as described in Item 3 above or Item 6 below (each of which are incorporated into this Item 5(c) by reference) and this Item 5(c), there have been no transactions in the Shares by the Reporting Persons during the past 60 days. To the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, there have been no transactions in the Shares by any of the persons identified in Appendix A hereto during the past 60 days.
 

CUSIP No. 92763W103
SCHEDULE 13D
Page 5 of 7
 
 
The following table sets forth the transactions in the Shares effected by Tencent Mobility during the past 60 days.  All such transactions were effected in the open market by the purchase of ADSs. Tencent Mobility used funds from an affiliate, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tencent to purchase such shares.

Transaction Date
Number of ADSs
Purchased
Representing Number of Shares
Weighted Average
Price Per ADS
November 25, 2019
348,756
69,751
US$12.61
November 26, 2019
323,763
64,753
US$12.63
November 27, 2019
227,439
45,488
US$12.96
November 29, 2019
396,014
79,203
US$12.80
December 2, 2019
704,674
140,935
US$12.71
December 3, 2019
1,417,558
283,512
US$12.82
December 4, 2019
681,948
136,390
US$12.89
December 5, 2019
672,235
134,447
US$13.07
December 6, 2019
312,454
62,491
US$13.42
December 9, 2019
778,000
155,600
US$13.41
December 13, 2019
610,000
122,000
US$13.68

(d) Other than the Reporting Persons, no other person is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or any proceeds from the sale of, the securities beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons identified in this Item 5.

(e) Not applicable.
 
 
 

CUSIP No. 92763W103
SCHEDULE 13D
Page 6 of 7
 
 
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
 
Exhibit 1:
   
Exhibit 2:
Subscription Agreement, dated December 17, 2017, among Vipshop Holdings Limited, Tencent Mobility Limited and Windcreek Limited*
   
Exhibit 3:
Investor Rights Agreement, dated December 29, 2017, among Vipshop Holdings Limited, Mr. Eric Ya Shen, Mr. Arthur Xiabo Hong, Elegant Motion Holdings Limited, High Vivacity Holdings Limited, Tencent Mobility and Windcreek Limited*
   
Exhibit 4:
English translation of Business Cooperation Agreement, dated December 17, 2017, between Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited and Vipshop Holdings Limited*
 
* Previously filed.
 

 

 
CUSIP No. 92763W103
SCHEDULE 13D
Page 7 of 7
 
SIGNATURE
 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.
 
Date: December 16, 2019
 
TENCENT MOBILITY LIMITED
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Lau Chi Ping Martin
 
 
 
Name:
Lau Chi Ping Martin
 
 
 
Title:
Authorized Officer
 


 
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Lau Chi Ping Martin
 
 
 
Name:
Lau Chi Ping Martin
 
 
 
Title:
Executive Director and President
 
 
 

 

APPENDIX A
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF TENCENT MOBILITY LIMITED
 
The names of the directors and the names and titles of the executive officers of Tencent Mobility Limited and their principal occupations are set forth below. The business address of each of the directors or executive officers is 29/F., Three Pacific Place, No. 1 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Unless otherwise indicated, each occupation set forth opposite an individual’s name refers to Tencent Mobility Limited.

Name
 
Citizenship
 
Title
         
Directors:
 
 
 
 
Ma Huateng
 
People’s Republic of China
 
Director
Charles St Leger Searle
 
Republic of South Africa
 
Director
         
Executive officers:
 
 
 
 
N/A
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 


 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
The names of the directors and the names and titles of the executive officers of Tencent Holdings Limited and their principal occupations are set forth below. The business address of each of the directors or executive officers is 29/F., Three Pacific Place, No. 1 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Unless otherwise indicated, each occupation set forth opposite an individual’s name refers to Tencent Holdings Limited.
 
 
Name
 
 
Citizenship
 
 
Title
Directors:
 
 
 
 
Ma Huateng
 
People’s Republic of China
 
Chairman of the Board and Executive Director
Lau Chi Ping Martin
 
People’s Republic of China
(Hong Kong SAR)
 
Executive Director
Jacobus Petrus (Koos) Bekker
 
Republic of South Africa
 
Non-Executive Director
Charles St Leger Searle
 
Republic of South Africa
 
Non-Executive Director
Li Dong Sheng
 
People’s Republic of China
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
Iain Ferguson Bruce
 
People’s Republic of China
(Hong Kong SAR)
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ian Charles Stone
 
People’s Republic of China
(Hong Kong SAR)
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
Yang Siu Shun
 
People’s Republic of China
(Hong Kong SAR)
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ke Yang
 
People’s Republic of China
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
Executive officers:
 
 
 
 
Ma Huateng
 
People’s Republic of China
 
Chief Executive Officer
Lau Chi Ping Martin
 
People’s Republic of China
(Hong Kong SAR)
 
President
Xu Chenye
 
People’s Republic of China
 
Chief Information Officer
Ren Yuxin
 
People’s Republic of China
 
Chief Operating Officer and President of Platform & Content Group and Interactive Entertainment Group
David A M Wallerstein 
 
United States of America 
 
Chief eXploration Officer and Senior Executive Vice President 
James Gordon Mitchell
 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 
Chief Strategy Officer and
Senior Executive Vice President
John Shek Hon Lo
 
People’s Republic of China
(Hong Kong SAR)
 
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President
 
 

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