TSL Trina Solar Limited Sponsored Adr (Cayman Islands)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2017

Registration No. 333-203621

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

No. 2 Tian He Road

Electronics Park, New District

Changzhou, Jiangsu 213031

People’s Republic of China

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Trina Solar Limited Share Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

CT Corporation System

111 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10011

(Name and address of agent for service)

(212) 894-8940

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

Copies to:

David T. Zhang
Benjamin Su

Kirkland & Ellis

26th Floor, Gloucester Tower

The Landmark, 15 Queen’s Road Central

Hong Kong, China

(852) 3761-3318

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This post-effective amendment No. 1 (this “post-effective amendment”) relates to the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-203621) (the “Registration Statement”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Trina Solar Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), and became effective on April 24, 2015. Under the Registration Statement, a total of 200,000,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share, were registered for issuance of shares granted or to be granted pursuant to an amendment to Trina Solar Limited Share Incentive Plan approved by the shareholders of the Company at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company held on August 28, 2014 ( the “Plan”). This post-effective amendment is being filed for the sole purpose of deregistering any unissued shares previously registered under the Registration Statement and issuable under the Plan.

On March 13, 2017, pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger dated August 1, 2016, as amended on October 18, 2016 (the “merger agreement”), among the Company, Fortune Solar Holdings Limited (“Parent”) and Red Viburnum Company Limited (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving corporation resulting from the merger (the “merger”). Upon completion of the merger, the Company became a privately-held company.

As a result of the merger, the Company has terminated all the offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Company hereby removes from registration, by means of this post-effective amendment, any and all of the securities registered under the Registration Statement which remain unsold as of the date hereof.

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