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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;12, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>The9 Limited</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>



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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>incorporation or organization)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Building No.&nbsp;3, 690 Bibo Road<BR>
Zhang Jiang Hi-Tech Park<BR>
Pudong New Area, Pudong<BR>
Shanghai 201203<BR>
People&#146;s Republic of China</B><BR>
<I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Amended 2004 Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CT Corporation System<BR>
111 Eighth Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10011</B><BR>
<I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>(212)&nbsp;894-8940</B><BR>
<I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">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 &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><I>Copies to:</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>David T. Zhang<BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins<BR>
41st Floor, One Exchange Square<BR>
8 Connaught Place, Central<BR>
Hong Kong S.A.R., China<BR>
(852)&nbsp;2522-7886</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(3)(4)</B></SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,000,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$5.265</TD>
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    <TD>Represents 2,000,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share, issuable pursuant to the
Amended 2004 Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) of The9 Limited, being newly registered hereunder.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
offered and issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions as provided in the above-referenced plan.</TD>
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    <TD>The proposed maximum offering price per share, which is estimated solely for the purposes of
calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities
Act, is based on the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant&#146;s ADSs, as reported
on the Nasdaq Global Market on August&nbsp;11, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD>These shares may be represented by the Registrant&#146;s ADSs, each of which represents one
ordinary share. The Registrant&#146;s ADSs issuable upon deposit of the ordinary shares registered
hereby have been registered under a separate registration statement on Form F-6, as amended
(333-156635).</TD>
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    <TD>Any ordinary shares covered by an award granted under the Plan (or portion of an award) which
expires or terminates for any reason or becomes unexercisable without
having been exercised in full, or is surrendered, shall become available for future grant or
sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated).
Ordinary shares that actually have been issued
under the Plan pursuant to an award shall not be returned to the Plan and shall not become
available for future issuance under the Plan, except that if unvested ordinary shares are
repurchased by the Company at their original issue price
and cancelled, such ordinary shares
shall become available for future grant under the Plan.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INCORPORATION OF PREVIOUS REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, The9 Limited (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this
registration statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
to include an additional 2,000,000 ordinary shares under its Amended 2004 Stock Option Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;), which was amended and restated to, inter alia, increase the maximum number of the
Registrant&#146;s ordinary shares that may be issued pursuant to options or other awards granted under
the Plan to a total of 6,449,614 shares. Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statements on Forms S-8 with File Nos.&nbsp;333-127700, as amended, and
333-156306 originally filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;19, 2005 and December&nbsp;19, 2008 (the &#147;Prior
Registration Statements&#148;), respectively, are hereby incorporated by reference, including the
periodic reports that the Registrant filed after the Prior Registration Statements to maintain
current information about the Registrant.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">See the Exhibits Index.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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&nbsp;S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Shanghai, China, on August&nbsp;12, 2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>THE9 LIMITED</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Jun Zhu
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Jun Zhu&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Mr.&nbsp;Jun Zhu, with
full power to act alone, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with the power of substitution,
for and in such person&#146;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 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">/s/ Jun Zhu</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;12, 2010</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Jun Zhu</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(principal executive officer)</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">/s/ George Lai</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;12, 2010</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">George Lai</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>(principal financial and
accounting officer)</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">/s/ Cheung Kin Au-Yeung</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;12, 2010</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Cheung Kin Au-Yeung</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">/s/ Davin Alexander Mackenzie</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;12, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Davin Alexander Mackenzie</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">/s/ Chao Y. Wang</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;12, 2010</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Chao Y. Wang</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">/s/ Ka Keung Yeung</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;12, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Ka Keung Yeung</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">/s/ Donald J. Puglisi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" rowspan="3">Authorized Representative<br>in the United States</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;12, 2010</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Name:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Donald J. Puglisi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Title:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Managing Director, Puglisi &#038; Associates
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;20-F (File No.&nbsp;001-34238) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July&nbsp;15, 2009)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Deposit Agreement dated as of December&nbsp;20, 2004, as amended and restated
as of January&nbsp;16, 2009, and as further amended and restated in March 2009 among the Registrant, The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as &#147;The Bank of
New York&#148;) as Depositary, and all Owners and Beneficial Owners from time to time
of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the Post-effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;F-6 (File No.&nbsp;333-156635) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March&nbsp;10, 2009)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands counsel to the Registrant, regarding
the legality of the ordinary shares being registered</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended
2004 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Post-effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-127700) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
August&nbsp;12, 2010)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd., independent registered public
accounting firm</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Maples and Calder (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2010
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
The9 Limited
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
Building No. 3, 690 Bibo Road
Zhang Jiang Hi-Tech Park
Pudong New Area, Pudong
Shanghai 201203
People's Republic of China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Amended 2004 Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10011
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 894-8940
(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, 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.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Copies to:
David T. Zhang
Latham & Watkins
41st Floor, One Exchange Square
8 Connaught Place, Central
Hong Kong S.A.R., China
(852) 2522-7886
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Offering Price
Fee
Ordinary shares, par value US$0.01
(3)(4)
2,000,000
$5.265
$10,530,000
$750.8
(1)
Represents 2,000,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share, issuable pursuant to the
Amended 2004 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") of The9 Limited, being newly registered hereunder.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
offered and issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions as provided in the above-referenced plan.
(2)
The proposed maximum offering price per share, which is estimated solely for the purposes of
calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities
Act, is based on the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant's ADSs, as reported
on the Nasdaq Global Market on August 11, 2010.
(3)
These shares may be represented by the Registrant's ADSs, each of which represents one
ordinary 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, as amended
(333-156635).
(4)
Any ordinary shares covered by an award granted under the Plan (or portion of an award) which
expires or terminates for any reason or becomes unexercisable without
having been exercised in full, or is surrendered, shall become available for future grant or
sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated).
Ordinary shares that actually have been issued
under the Plan pursuant to an award shall not be returned to the Plan and shall not become
available for future issuance under the Plan, except that if unvested ordinary shares are
repurchased by the Company at their original issue price
and cancelled, such ordinary shares
shall become available for future grant under the Plan.
INCORPORATION OF PREVIOUS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, The9 Limited (the "Registrant") is filing this
registration statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
to include an additional 2,000,000 ordinary shares under its Amended 2004 Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan"), which was amended and restated to, inter alia, increase the maximum number of the
Registrant's ordinary shares that may be issued pursuant to options or other awards granted under
the Plan to a total of 6,449,614 shares. Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of the
Registrant's Registration Statements on Forms S-8 with File Nos. 333-127700, as amended, and
333-156306 originally filed with the Commission on August 19, 2005 and December 19, 2008 (the "Prior
Registration Statements"), respectively, are hereby incorporated by reference, including the
periodic reports that the Registrant filed after the Prior Registration Statements to maintain
current information about the Registrant.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See the Exhibits Index.
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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Shanghai, China, on August 12, 2010.
THE9 LIMITED
By:
/s/ Jun Zhu
Name:
Jun Zhu
Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Mr. Jun Zhu, with
full power to act alone, as his 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 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Jun Zhu
Chairman of the Board and
August 12, 2010
Jun Zhu
Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
/s/ George Lai
Chief Financial Officer
August 12, 2010
George Lai
(principal financial and
accounting officer)
/s/ Cheung Kin Au-Yeung
Director
August 12, 2010
Cheung Kin Au-Yeung
/s/ Davin Alexander Mackenzie
Director
August 12, 2010
Davin Alexander Mackenzie
/s/ Chao Y. Wang
Director
August 12, 2010
Chao Y. Wang
/s/ Ka Keung Yeung
Director
August 12, 2010
Ka Keung Yeung
/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
Authorized Representative
in the United States
August 12, 2010
Name:
Donald J. Puglisi
Title:
Managing Director, Puglisi & Associates
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 20-F (File No. 001-34238) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 15, 2009)
4.2
Form of Deposit Agreement dated as of December 20, 2004, as amended and restated
as of January 16, 2009, and as further amended and restated in March 2009 among the Registrant, The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as "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 1 to the Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on
Form F-6 (File No. 333-156635) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 10, 2009)
5.1*
Opinion of Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands counsel to the Registrant, regarding
the legality of the ordinary shares being registered
10.1
Amended
2004 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant's Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-127700) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
August 12, 2010)
23.1*
Consent of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd., independent registered public
accounting firm
23.2*
Consent of Maples and Calder (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this registration statement)
*
Filed herewith.