SEC Form SC 13D/A filed by DouYu International Holdings Limited (Amendment)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)*
DouYu International Holdings Limited
(Name of Issuer)
Ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
25985W105**
(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)
July 12, 2021
(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 Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. ☒
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* | 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. |
** | There is no CUSIP number assigned to the ordinary shares. CUSIP number 25985W105 has been assigned to the American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) of the Issuer, which are quoted on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “DOYU.” Each ten ADS represents one ordinary share of the Issuer. |
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 (“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. 25985W105 | SCHEDULE 13D/A | Page 2 of 6 pages |
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
Tencent Holdings Limited | |||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3 | SEC USE ONLY
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4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC | |||||
5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)
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6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Cayman Islands |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
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7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
12,070,080 | ||||
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
0 | |||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
12,070,080 | |||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 |
11 |
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
12,070,080 | |||||
12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
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13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
37.2% | |||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO |
CUSIP No. 25985W105 | SCHEDULE 13D/A | Page 3 of 6 pages |
1 |
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
Nectarine Investment Limited | |||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3 | SEC USE ONLY
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4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS
AF | |||||
5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)
☐ | |||||
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
British Virgin Islands |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
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7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
12,070,080 | ||||
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
0 | |||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
12,070,080 | |||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 |
11 |
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
12,070,080 | |||||
12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
☐ | |||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
37.2% | |||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO |
CUSIP No. 25985W105 | SCHEDULE 13D/A | Page 4 of 6 pages |
This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 14, 2020, (as amended to date, the “Schedule 13D”), relating to the ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share (“Ordinary Shares”), and American depositary shares, each ten of which representing one Ordinary Shares, of DouYu International Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Issuer”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning set forth in the Schedule 13D.
Item 2. | Identity and Background |
Schedule A (attached hereto) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety and Item 2(d)-(e) of the Schedule 13D is hereby restated in its entirety as follows:
Attached hereto as Schedule A, and incorporated herein by reference, is information concerning each director and executive officer of the Reporting Persons (collectively, the “Related Persons”), which is required to be disclosed in response to Item 2 and General Instruction C to Schedule 13D.
(d)-(e) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons nor, to the best of the Reporting Persons’ knowledge, any of the Related Persons, has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and similar misdemeanors) or been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree, or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction. |
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:
Merger Termination Agreement
On July 12, 2021, HUYA, Merger Sub, the Issuer and Nectarine entered into a termination agreement (the “Merger Termination Agreement”), pursuant to which the Merger Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 12, 2020, and all ancillary agreements contemplated thereby or entered pursuant thereto, were terminated. As a result, the voting agreements (each a “Voting Agreement” and together, the “Voting Agreements”) dated as of October 12, 2020 entered into by HUYA, Nectarine and, solely for the limited purposes set forth therein, the Issuer, with each of Mr. Shaojie Chen and Mr. Wenming Zhang, were terminated upon termination of the Merger Agreement, pursuant to the Voting Agreements.
Share Transfer Termination Agreement
On July 12, 2021, Nectarine and Mr. Chen entered into a termination agreement (the “Share Transfer Termination Agreement”), pursuant to which the Share Transfer Agreement, dated October 12, 2020, was terminated.
The foregoing descriptions of the Merger Termination Agreement and Share Transfer Termination Agreement do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the full text of such agreements, which are attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer |
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(a) – (b)
Items 7 through 11 and 13 of each of the cover page of this Schedule 13D for the Reporting Persons are incorporated herein by reference.
As of the date hereof:
Tencent is the parent company of Nectarine. Tencent may be deemed to be the beneficial owner, and deemed to have the sole power to vote or to direct the vote, and sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition, of 12,070,800 Ordinary Shares held of record by Nectarine, representing 37.2% of the total issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares.
The beneficial ownership percentage above is calculated based on 32,440,979 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2021, as reported in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2021.
CUSIP No. 25985W105 | SCHEDULE 13D/A | Page 5 of 6 pages |
To the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, none of the Related Persons beneficially owns any Ordinary Shares.
(c) Except as described in Item 4 above, during the past 60 days, none of the Reporting Persons or, to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, the Related Persons, has effected any transactions in the Ordinary Shares.
(d) Except as set forth in this Schedule 13D, no other person is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 6 of the Schedule D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:
Item 4 above summarizes certain provisions of the Merger Termination Agreement, and Share Transfer Termination Agreement and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of each of these agreements is attached as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. | Materials to be Filed as Exhibits |
Item 7 of the Schedule D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following exhibits:
Exhibit |
Description | |
6 | Merger Termination Agreement, dated July 12, 2021, by and among HUYA Inc., Tiger Company Ltd., DouYu International Holdings Limited and, solely for the limited purposes set forth therein, Nectarine Investment Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on July 12, 2021) | |
7 | Share Transfer Termination Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2021, by and between Mr. Shaojie Chen and Nectarine Investment Limited |
CUSIP No. 25985W105 | SCHEDULE 13D/A | Page 6 of 6 pages |
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the undersigned’s knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: July 14, 2021
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Martin Lau | |
Name: | Martin Lau | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
NECTARINE INVESTMENT LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Martin Lau | |
Name: | Martin Lau | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Schedule 13D/A – DouYu International Holdings Limited]
SCHEDULE A
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Directors and Executive Officers 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 |
Present Principal Employment |
Citizenship | ||
Directors: |
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Ma Huateng |
Chairman of the Board and Executive Director | People’s Republic of China | ||
Lau Chi Ping Martin |
Executive Director | People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong SAR) | ||
Jacobus Petrus (Koos) Bekker |
Non-Executive Director | Republic of South Africa | ||
Charles St Leger Searle |
Non-Executive Director | Republic of South Africa | ||
Li Dong Sheng |
Independent Non-Executive Director | People’s Republic of China | ||
Ian Charles Stone |
Independent Non-Executive Director | People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong SAR) | ||
Yang Siu Shun |
Independent Non-Executive Director | People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong SAR) | ||
Ke Yang |
Independent Non-Executive Director | People’s Republic of China | ||
Executive officers: |
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Ma Huateng |
Chief Executive Officer | People’s Republic of China | ||
Lau Chi Ping Martin |
President | People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong SAR) | ||
Xu Chenye |
Chief Information Officer | People’s Republic of China | ||
Ren Yuxin |
Chief Operating Officer and President of Platform & Content Group and Interactive Entertainment Group | People’s Republic of China | ||
James Gordon Mitchell |
Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Executive Vice President | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
David A M Wallerstein |
Chief Exploration Officer and Senior Executive Vice President | United States of America | ||
John Shek Hon Lo |
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President | People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong SAR) |
Directors and Executive Officers of Nectarine Investment Limited
The names of the directors and the names and titles of the executive officers of Nectarine Investment Limited and their principal occupations are set forth below. The business address of each of the directors or executive officers is c/o Tencent Holdings Limited, 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 Nectarine Investment Limited.
Name |
Present Principal Employment |
Citizenship | ||
Directors: | ||||
Ma Huateng | Director | People’s Republic of China | ||
Charles St Leger Searle | Director | Republic of South Africa | ||
Executive officers: | ||||
N/A |