Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
05 Mai 2023 - 10:07PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COLOR STAR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Cayman Islands |
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N/A |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
7 World Trade Center, Suite 4621 |
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New York, New York |
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10007 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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2023 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Mr. Louis Luo
Chief Executive Officer
7 World Trade Center, Suite 4621
New York, NY 10007
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(929) 317-2699
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent
for Service)
Copy To:
Joan Wu, Esq.
Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC
950 Third Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(212) 530-2210
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 definitions of “large
accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer |
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Accelerated
filer |
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Non-accelerated
filer |
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Smaller
reporting company |
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Emerging
growth company |
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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
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8,
this registration statement (this “Registration Statement”) has been prepared by Color Star Technology Co., Ltd. (the
“Company,” or the “Registrant”) in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely to register an additional 1,430,000 of our Class A Ordinary
Shares, par value $0.04 per share (“Ordinary Share”), issuable under our 2023 Equity Incentive Plan, effective on February
14, 2023 (the “2023 Plan”) and was approved by our shareholders at our 2023 annual meeting of shareholders held
on March 24, 2023.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The documents containing the
information required by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to the participants in the 2023 Plan, as the case may be, as specified
by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. In accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not required to be, and
may not be, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as part of this Registration
Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The following documents are
available without charge, upon written or oral request, by contacting Mr. Louis Luo, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, at the
address and telephone number listed below: 1) any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in this Section 10(a) Prospectus); and 2) other documents required to be delivered
to eligible employees, pursuant to Rule 428(b):
Color Star Technology Co., Ltd.
7 World Trade Center, Suite 4621
New York, NY 10007
(929) 317-2699
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, and
all documents we subsequently file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”), 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 shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents:
| (1) | our Annual Report on Form 20-F
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, filed with the Commission on November 14, 2022; |
| (2) | our Current Reports on Form 6-K,
as amended, filed with the Commission on August 9, 2022, September 15, 2022, September 20, 2022, September 23, 2022, October 11, 2022,
December 5, 2022, December 8, 2022, December 28, 2022, January 6, 2023, February 6, 2023, February 16, 2023 and April 3, 2023; |
| (3) | the description of our Ordinary
Shares incorporated by reference in our registration statement on Form 8-A, as amended (File No. 001-34515) filed with the Commission
on October 30, 2009, including any amendment and report subsequently filed for the purpose of updating that description; and |
| (4) | all documents that we file with
the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement (that indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold). |
Any statement contained in
a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed 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 deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such 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.
Cayman Islands law does not
limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and 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 civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Article 42 of the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association (the “Memorandum
and Articles”) of the Company provides that every Director, Secretary, or other officer of the Company (including alternate directors,
proxy directors and former directors and officers), any trustee for the time being acting in relation to the Company (including any nominee
shareholder holding shares in the Company) and their heirs and personal representatives (each an “Indemnified Person”) shall
be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all actions, proceedings, costs, damages, expenses, claims, losses
or liabilities which they or any of them may sustain or incur by reason of any act done or omitted in or about the execution of the duties
of their respective offices or trusts or otherwise in relation thereto, including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings,
whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted except to the extent that any of the
foregoing arise through his dishonesty.
No Indemnified Person shall
be liable (a) for any loss, damage or misfortune whatsoever which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the
duties, powers, authorities or discretions of his office or in relation thereto, (b) for the acts, receipts, neglects, defaults or omissions
of any other such Director or person or (c) by reason of his having joined in any receipt for money not received by him personally or
(d) for any loss on account of defect of title to any property of the Company or (e) on account of the insufficiency of any security in
or upon which any money of the Company shall be invested or (f) for any loss incurred through any bank, broker or other agent or (g) for
any loss occasioned by any negligence, default, breach of duty, breach of trust, error of judgement or oversight on his part or (h) for
any other loss or damage due to any such cause as aforesaid except to the extent that any of the foregoing arise through his dishonesty.
The Company shall advance
to each Indemnified Person reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any
action, suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnified Person for which indemnity will or could be sought. In connection
with any advance of any expenses hereunder, the Indemnified Person shall execute an undertaking to repay the advanced amount to the Company
if it shall be determined by final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification
pursuant to this Article. If it shall be determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not
entitled to indemnification with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses, then such party shall not be indemnified with respect to
such judgment, costs or expenses and any advancement shall be returned to the Company (without interest) by the Indemnified Person.
The Directors, on behalf of
the Company, may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any Director or other officer of the Company against any liability
which, by virtue of any rule of law, would otherwise attach to such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach
of trust of which such person may be guilty in relation to the Company.
Insofar as indemnification
by us for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to
provisions of the Memorandum and Articles, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification
is against public policy and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by such director, officer or
controlling person of us 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 offered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is hereby made to
the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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:
(a) To include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(b) 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
(c) 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 (1)(a) and (1)(b) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 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 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s
annual report pursuant to 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 the City of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on May 5, 2023.
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COLOR STAR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. |
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By: |
/s/ Louis Luo |
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Name: |
Louis Luo |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
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By: |
/s/ Lili Jiang |
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Name: |
Lili Jiang |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
the undersigned hereby constitute and appoint Louis Luo and Lili Jiang, or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-facts and agent,
each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements to this Registration Statement, or any related registration
statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, 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.
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/s/ Louis Luo |
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Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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May 5, 2023 |
Louis Luo |
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/s/ Lili Jiang |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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May 5, 2023 |
Lili Jiang |
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/s/ Wei Zhang |
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Chairwoman of the Board and Director |
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May 5, 2023 |
Wei Zhang |
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/s/ Ahmad Khalfan Ahmad Saeed Almansoori |
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Director |
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May 5, 2023 |
Ahmad Khalfan Ahmad Saeed Almansoori |
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/s/ Hung-Jen Kuo |
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Director |
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May 5, 2023 |
Hung-Jen Kuo |
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/s/ Ahmad Essa Mohammed Saleh |
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Director |
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May 5, 2023 |
Ahmad Essa Mohammed Saleh |
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/s/ Honglei Jiang |
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Director |
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May 5, 2023 |
Honglei Jiang |
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/s/ Muhammed Irfan |
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Director |
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May 5, 2023 |
Muhammed Irfan |
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