As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2020

Registration No. 333-    

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

XPeng Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands		Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

No. 8 Songgang Road, Changxing Street

Cencun, Tianhe District, Guangzhou

Guangdong 510640

People’s Republic of China

+86-020-6680-6680

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Amended and Restated 2019 Share Incentive Plan

(Full title of the Plan)

 

 

Cogency Global Inc.

122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor

New York, N.Y. 10168

+1 (800) 221-0102

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Hongdi Brian Gu Vice Chairman and President No. 8 Songgang Road, Changxing Street Cencun, Tianhe District, Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 People’s Republic of China +86-020-6680-6680		Yi Gao, Esq. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP c/o 35th Floor, ICBC Tower 3 Garden Road Central, Hong Kong +852-2514-7600

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		☐		Accelerated filer		☐
Non-accelerated filer		☒		Smaller reporting company		☐
				Emerging growth company		☒

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. ☒

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities to be Registered(1)		Amount to be Registered(2)		Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Class A Ordinary Share		Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price		Amount of Registration Fee
Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share		3,000,000(3)		$19.84(4)		$59,520,000		$6,493.63

(1)

These Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), of XPeng Inc. (the “Company” or “Registrant”) may be represented by the Registrant’s American depositary shares (“ADSs”), each of which represents two Class A Ordinary Shares. ADSs issuable upon deposit of the securities registered hereby have been registered under a separate registration statement on Form F-6 (Registration No. 333-248098).

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional Class A Ordinary Shares, which may be offered and issued under the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2019 Share Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(3)	Represents 3,000,000 of Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance with respect to future awards under the 2019 Plan.

(4)

Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s ADSs as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on December 28, 2020 divided by two, the then Class A Ordinary Share-to-ADS ratio.

 

 

 

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 this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 equity incentive plans 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 document filed by the Registrant with the Commission is incorporated by reference herein:

a. The Registrant’s prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) filed with the Commission on December 10, 2020, which includes audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019; and

b. The description of the Registrant’s Class  A Ordinary Shares contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-39466) filed with the Commission on August 21, 2020 pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which incorporates by reference the description of the Registrant’s Class A Ordinary Shares set forth in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333-242283), as amended, initially filed with the Commission on August 7, 2020, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute 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

The Cayman Companies Act (as amended) 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 any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against dishonesty, willful default or fraud. Our articles of association provide that we shall indemnify our officers and directors against any liability incurred by him as a result of any act or failure to act in carrying out his functions other than such liability (if any) that he may incur by his own actual fraud or willful default. This standard of conduct is generally the same as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law for a Delaware corporation. In addition, we intend to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers that will provide such persons with additional indemnification beyond that provided in our articles of association.

In addition, the Registrant has entered, and intends to continue to enter into, indemnification agreements, substantially in the form filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333-242283), as amended, initially filed with the Commission on August 21, 2020, with its directors and executive officers to indemnify such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or executive officer.

The registrant currently carries liability insurance for its directors and executive officers.

ITEM 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed

Not applicable.

ITEM 8. Exhibits

The Exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed as a part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement. (See Exhibit Index below).

ITEM 9. Undertakings

 

(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 this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 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 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.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT NUMBER		DESCRIPTION
4.1		Form of Seventh Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit  3.2 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333- 242283) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 21, 2020)
5.1		Opinion of Harney Westwood & Riegels
10.1		Amended and Restated 2019 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 of Amendment No.  2 of the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333- 242283) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 21, 2020)
23.1		Consent of Harney Westwood & Riegels (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP
24.1		Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page in Part II of this Registration Statement)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Guangdong, China on December 29, 2020.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Xiaopeng He, Heng Xia and Hongdi Brian Gu, and each of them singly, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, 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 and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature		Capacity		Date
/s/ Xiaopeng He		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)		December 29, 2020
Xiaopeng He
/s/ Heng Xia		Director and President		December 29, 2020
Heng Xia
/s/ Hongdi Brian Gu		Vice Chairman and President		December 29, 2020
Hongdi Brian Gu
/s/ Tao He		Director and Senior Vice President		December 29, 2020
Tao He
/s/ Jun Chen		Director		December 29, 2020
Jun Chen
/s/ Qin Liu		Director		December 29, 2020
Qin Liu
/s/ Ji-Xun Foo		Director		December 29, 2020
Ji-Xun Foo
/s/ Fei Yang		Director		December 29, 2020
Fei Yang
/s/ Donghao Yang		Director		December 29, 2020
Donghao Yang
/s/ Hsuehching Lu		Vice President of Finance and Accounting (principal financial and accounting officer)		December 29, 2020
Hsuehching Lu

SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of XPeng Inc. has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in New York, New York on December 29, 2020.