SEC Form S-8 filed by NaaS Technology Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2024

Registration No. 333-         

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

NaaS Technology Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Newlink Center, Area G, Building 7, Huitong Times Square,

No. 1 Yaojiayuan South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100024, The People’s Republic of China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Fourth Amended and Restated New 2022 Share Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)

Cogency Global Inc.
122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10168
+1 (800) 221-0102
(Name, address, including zip code, and 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.

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. □

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This registration statement on Form S-8 is being filed by NaaS Technology Inc. (the “Registrant”) to register additional Class A ordinary shares of the Registrant (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) issuable pursuant to the Fourth Amended and Restated New 2022 Share Incentive Plan (the “Fourth Amended Plan”) and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.

Under the Registrant’s original New 2022 Share Incentive Plan, for which a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-267654) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 29, 2022 (the “Initial Registration Statement”), a maximum of 249,770,760 Class A Ordinary Shares was available for grant of awards. In June 2023, the Registrant amended and restated the New 2022 Share Incentive Plan to expand the number of Class A ordinary shares available for grant of awards to 413,921,180. In December 2023, the Registrant adopted the Second Amended and Restated the New 2022 Share Incentive Plan, pursuant to which the maximum aggregate number of Class A Ordinary Shares available for grant of awards was further increased to 490,563,333. The Registrant filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-276278) with the Commission on December 26, 2023 to reflect the increase in shares available for grant of awards under the plan as a result of these amendments (the “Second Registration Statement,” and collectively with the Initial Registration Statement, the “Prior Registration Statements”).

In May 2024, the Registrant adopted the Third Amended and Restated the New 2022 Share Incentive Plan to expand the number of Class A ordinary shares available for grant of awards to 644,746,682. In August 2024, the Registrant adopted the Fourth Amended Plan, pursuant to which the maximum aggregate number of Class A Ordinary Shares available for grant of awards is further increased to 779,385,082, reflecting a net increase of 134,638,400 shares reserved for grant of awards, equivalent to 5% of the total issued and outstanding shares of the Registrant. Considering the 200:1 ratio of ADS to shares, this translates to a total increase of 673,192 ADS that may potentially be issued. This modification reflects the Company’s commitment to accommodating the growing number of employees covered by the incentive plan. Additionally, it acknowledges that a portion of employees has opted for incentive-based salary disbursement in lieu of cash payments. Commencing no earlier than January 1, 2025, such maximum number will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year by a number equal to 1% of the then total number of shares of the Registrant issued and outstanding on an as-converted and fully-diluted basis on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, unless otherwise decided by the board of directors of the Registrant. The additional securities registered hereby consist of 303,653,973 Class A Ordinary Shares, including 161,566,071 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the estimated number of Class A ordinary shares that will be automatically added to the Second Amended Plan from the start of 2025 through the end of 2030 pursuant to the evergreen provision.

In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference, except as otherwise set forth herein.

PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein:

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.

See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto.

EXHIBIT INDEX

* Filed herewith.

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 Beijing, China, on August 26, 2024.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, severally and not jointly, each of Yang Wang and Steven Sim, with full power to act alone, as his or her 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 each 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each 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 on August 26, 2024.

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 NaaS Technology Inc., has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in New York, New York on August 26, 2024.