Registration No. 333-194901
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
eLong, 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.) |
Block B, Xingke Plaza Building
10 Middle Jiuxianqiao Road
Chaoyang District
Beijing 10015, People’s Republic of China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
eLong, Inc. 2009 Share and Annual Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10011
(212) 894-8641
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Timothy B. Bancroft
Goulston & Storrs PC
400 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-3333
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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):
Large accelerated filer ¨ | Accelerated filer x | |
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-194901) filed by eLong, Inc., a Cayman Islands company (the “Registrant”), on March 31, 2014 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933. The Registration Statement registered 5,000,000 ordinary shares of the Registrant for issuance under the Registrant’s 2009 Share and Annual Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.
On May 31, 2016, the Registrant completed the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 4, 2016 (as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of April 1, 2016, the “Merger Agreement”), among the Registrant; China E-dragon Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company (“Parent”); and China E-dragon Mergersub Limited, a Cayman Islands company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub was merged with and into the Registrant (the “Merger”), with the Registrant surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
As a result of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to remove from registration all securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof.
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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on May 31, 2016.
eLong, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Philip Yang | |
Name: | Philip Yang | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Note: In reliance on Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, only the Registrant has signed this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.
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