Trip.com Group Ltd — Regulatory Filings 2021

Jul 9, 2021

S-8 1 d179353ds8.htm FORM S-8 Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9, 2021

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

TRIP.COM GROUP LIMITED

(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.)

968 Jin Zhong Road

Shanghai 200335

People’s Republic of China

(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)

Second Amended and Restated Global Share Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

Cogency Global Inc.

122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor

New York, NY 10168

(800) 221-0102

(Name, Address 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, 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 (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) ☐	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. ☐

Copies to:

Cindy Xiaofan Wang, Chief Financial Officer Trip.com Group Limited 968 Jin Zhong Road Shanghai 200335 People’s Republic of China +86 (21) 3406-4880 Z. Julie Gao, Esq. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP c/o 42/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark 15 Queen’s Road Central Hong Kong +852 3740-4700 Haiping Li, Esq. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 46/F, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower II 1539 Nanjing West Road, Shanghai 200040 People’s Republic of China +86 (21) 6193-8200

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

| Title of Securities to Be Registered(1) | Amount to Be Registered(1)(2) | Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | Amount of Registration Fee | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ordinary shares, par value US$0.00125 per share | 35,769,552(3)(4) | US$32.35(3) | US$1,157,145,007.20 | US$126,244.52 | | Total | 35,769,552 | — | US$1,157,145,007.20 | US$126,244.52 |

(1) These shares may be represented by the Registrant’s American depositary shares (“ADSs”), each of which represents one ordinary share, par value US$0.00125 per share. The Registrant’s ADSs issuable upon deposit of the ordinary shares registered hereby have been registered under a separate registration statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-136221).

(2) Represents ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of options and pursuant to other awards granted under the Trip.com Group Limited Second Amended and Restated Global Share Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). In accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional shares that may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the Plan. Any ordinary shares covered by an award granted under the Plan (or portion of an award) that terminates, expires or lapses for any reason will be deemed not to have been issued for purposes of determining the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares that may be issued under the Plan.

(3) The shares to be registered are reserved for future award grants under the Plan, and the corresponding proposed maximum offering price per share is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s ADSs as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 8, 2021, adjusted for ADS to ordinary shares ratio.

(4) These shares represent ordinary shares that have been added to the award pool under the Plan, effective January 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021 pursuant to the Plan’s evergreen provisions, which were not previously registered under the registration statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-218899) and Form S-8 (File No. 333-230297), as filed with the Commission on June 22, 2017 and March 15, 2019, respectively (the “Prior Registration Statements”).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement is filed by Trip.com Group Limited. (the “Registrant”) to register additional securities issuable pursuant to the Plan and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8. Pursuant to certain provisions of the Plan (referred to as the “evergreen provisions”), the number of ordinary shares that are available for award grant purposes under the Plan is automatically increased each year in accordance with a formula set forth in the Plan. Based on the above, the additional securities registered hereby consist of 35,769,552 ordinary shares that were automatically added to the Plan, effective January 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021, pursuant to the Plan’s evergreen provisions.

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.

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PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

The following documents previously filed by Trip.com Group Limited (the “Registrant”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated by reference herein:

(a) The Registrant’s annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-33853) for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2021.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) The description of the securities incorporated by reference in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-50483) filed with the Commission on November 25, 2003 pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), together with all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of 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.

ITEM 8. Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
4.1*	Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Ctrip.com International, Ltd. adopted by the shareholders of Ctrip.com International, Ltd. on December 21, 2015
4.2*	Specimen Stock Certificate of Trip.com Group Limited.
4.3	Deposit Agreement dated as of December 8, 2003, as amended and restated as of August
11, 2006, and as further amended and restated as of December
3, 2007, among Ctrip.com International, Ltd., The Bank of New York as Depositary, and all Owners and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.4 to the Registrant’s annual
report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-33853) filed with the Commission on April 29, 2008)
4.4	Specimen American Depositary Receipt of Trip.com Group Limited. (incorporated by reference to the Rule 424(b)(3) prospectus (File No. 333-233932) filed with the Commission on March 18, 2021)
5.1*	Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, Cayman Islands counsel to the Registrant, regarding the legality of the ordinary shares being registered
10.1	Trip.com Group Limited Second Amended and Restated Global Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.35 to the Registrant’s
annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-33853) filed with the Commission on April 9, 2020)
23.1*	Consent of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP
24.1*	Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)

• Filed herewith.

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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 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 Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on July 9, 2021.

	TRIP.COM GROUP LIMITED
By:	/s/ Jane Jie Sun
	Name: Jane Jie Sun
	Title: Chief Executive Officer

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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 Jane Jie Sun and Cindy Xiaofan Wang, 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 indicated on July 9, 2021.

Signature	Title
/s/ Jane Jie Sun Jane Jie Sun	Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)
/s/ Cindy Xiaofan Wang Cindy Xiaofan Wang	Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President (principal financial and accounting officer)
/s/ James Jianzhang Liang James Jianzhang Liang	Executive Chairman
/s/ Min Fan Min Fan	Vice Chairman and President
/s/ Neil Nanpeng Shen Neil Nanpeng Shen	Director
/s/ Qi Ji Qi Ji	Director
/s/ Gabriel Li Gabriel Li	Vice Chairman and Director
/s/ JP Gan JP Gan	Director
/s/ Robin Yanhong Li Robin Yanhong Li	Director
/s/ Dou Shen Dou Shen	Director

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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 Trip.com Group Limited, has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in New York, New York on July 9, 2021.

Authorized U.S. Representative Cogency Global Inc.
By:	/s/ Colleen A. De Vries
Name:	Colleen A. De Vries
Title:	Senior Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc.

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