As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 13, 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
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)
XPeng Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2019 Equity 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 Cencun, Tianhe District, Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 People’s Republic of China +86-020-6680-6680 |
Ching-Yang Lin, Esq. Sullivan & Cromwell (Hong Kong) LLP 20/F, Alexandra House 18 Chater Road, Central Hong Kong +852-2826-8688 |
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. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 (“Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to the General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of registering an aggregate of 20,000,000 additional Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) of XPeng Inc. (the “Registrant”), which are reserved for issuance under the Registrant’s Second Amended and Restated 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”). These 20,000,000 additional Class A Ordinary Shares are of the same class as other securities for which registration statements on Form S-8 were filed on December 29, 2020 (File No. 333-251792, the “2020 S-8 Registration Statement”) and on June 21, 2022 (File No. 333-265733, the “2022 S-8 Registration Statement”, jointly with the 2020 S-8 Registration Statement, the “Existing S-8 Registration Statements”), respectively, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), but were not registered under the Existing S-8 Registration Statements. An aggregate of 23,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Registrant were previously registered for the issuance under the 2019 Plan pursuant to the Existing S-8 Registration Statements. Pursuant to the General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Existing S-8 Registration Statements are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as otherwise set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein:
a. The Registrant’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on April 17, 2024 (File No. 001-39466); 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 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 directors and officers, 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 civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. The Registrant’s ninth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, adopted by a special resolution of its shareholders on June 20, 2023, provides that the Registrant shall indemnify each of its directors and officers against all costs, losses, damages and expenses incurred or sustained by such persons in their capacity as such, except through any fraud or dishonesty.
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Pursuant to the indemnification agreement, the form of which was 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 7, 2020, 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 directors or officers of the Registrant.
Pursuant to the 2019 Plan, which was filed as Exhibit 14.17 to the Registrant’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on April 17, 2024 (File No. 001-39466), the Registrant has agreed to indemnify the administrator of the 2019 Plan (the “Administrator”), or any individual member of the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Registrant (the “Board”) or the Board acting as the Administrator against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of any action or failure to act pursuant to the 2019 Plan.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
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).
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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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 Guangzhou, China on September 13, 2024.
| XPeng Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xiaopeng He | |
| Name: Xiaopeng He | ||
| Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Xiaopeng He, 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 Xiaopeng He |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | September 13, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Ji-Xun Foo Ji-Xun Foo |
Director | September 13, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Donghao Yang Donghao Yang |
Director | September 13, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Fang Qu Fang Qu |
Director | September 13, 2024 | ||
| /s/ HongJiang Zhang HongJiang Zhang |
Director | September 13, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Jiaming (James) Wu Jiaming (James) Wu |
Vice President of Finance and Accounting (principal financial and accounting officer) |
September 13, 2024 | ||
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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 September 13, 2024.
| Cogency Global Inc. | ||
| U.S. Authorized Representative | ||
| By: | /s/ Colleen A. De Vries | |
| Name: Colleen A. De Vries | ||
| Title: Sr. Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc. | ||
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