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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>HUYA INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Cayman Islands</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Not Applicable</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification Number)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Building A3, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">E-Park,</FONT> 280 Hanxi Road </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Panyu District, Guangzhou 511446 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>People&#146;s Republic of China </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>+86 (20) 2290-7888 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amended and Restated 2021 Share Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cogency Global Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>122
East 42nd Street, 18th Floor </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, NY 10168 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(800) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">221-0102</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act.
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Rongjie Dong<BR>Chief Executive Officer<BR>HUYA Inc.<BR>Building A3, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">E-Park,</FONT> 280 Hanxi Road<BR>Panyu District, Guangzhou 511446<BR>People&#146;s Republic of China<BR>+86 (20)
2290-7888</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Haiping Li, Esq.<BR>Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom LLP<BR>Jing An Kerry Centre, Tower II<BR>46th Floor<BR>1539 Nanjing West Road<BR>Shanghai, People&#146;s Republic of China<BR>+86 (21)
6193-8200</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is being filed by HUYA Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) to
register additional Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares of the Registrant (the &#147;Class&nbsp;A Ordinary Shares&#148;) issuable pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2021 Share Incentive Plan (the &#147;Amended Plan&#148;) and consists of only those items
required by General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> Pursuant to the Amended Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Class&nbsp;A Ordinary Shares available for grant of awards is increased from 3,530,111 under the
Registrant&#146;s original 2021 Share Incentive Plan, for which a registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-257763)</FONT> was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on July&nbsp;8, 2021 (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;), to 8,018,111. The additional securities registered hereby consist of 4,488,000 Class&nbsp;A Ordinary Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of the Prior Registration Statement
are incorporated herein by reference, except as otherwise set forth herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s registration statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728190/000119312521210801/d96323ds8.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></A> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-257763),</FONT> filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;8, 2021; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s annual report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001728190/000119312522127503/d266941d20f.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT></A> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-38482)</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;28, 2022; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares incorporated by reference in the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728190/000119312518147141/d540735d8a12b.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> (File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-38482)</FONT> filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2018, including any amendment and report subsequently filed for the purpose of updating that description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), 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. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728190/000119312520143270/d905652dex992.htm">Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the current
 report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-38482)</FONT> furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;15, 2020) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728190/000119312518146767/d494918dex42.htm">Registrant&#146;s Specimen Certificate for Class&nbsp;
A ordinary shares (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
333-224202),</FONT> as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;9, 2018) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728190/000119312518273720/d622472dex43.htm">Deposit Agreement dated May&nbsp;
10, 2018, among the Registrant, the depositary and holder of the American Depositary Receipts (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-227336</FONT> ) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;14, 2018) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d352543dex51.htm">Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, regarding the legality of the Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares being registered </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728190/000119312522241000/d378023dex991.htm">Amended and Restated 2021 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the current report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-38482)</FONT> furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;8, 2022) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top">*&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d352543dex51.htm">Consent of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Filed herewith. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Guangzhou, China, on
December&nbsp;23, 2022. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">HUYA Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Rongjie Dong</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name: Rongjie Dong</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title: Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, severally and not jointly,
Mr.&nbsp;Rongjie Dong and Ms.&nbsp;Ashley Xin Wu, with full power to act alone, as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact,</FONT></FONT> 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 each said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> 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 each said
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Rongjie Dong</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rongjie Dong</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director and Chief Executive Officer<BR>(principal executive officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;23, 2022</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Ashley Xin Wu</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ashley Xin Wu</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Vice President of Finance<BR>(principal financial and accounting officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;23, 2022</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Lingdong Huang</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lingdong Huang</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;23, 2022</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ David Xueling Li</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David Xueling Li</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;23, 2022</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Cheng Yun Ming Matthew</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cheng Yun Ming Matthew</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;23, 2022</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Hai Tao Pu</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hai Tao Pu</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;23, 2022</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Guang Xu</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Guang Xu</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;23, 2022</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Lei Zheng</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lei Zheng</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;23, 2022</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Hongqiao Zhao</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hongqiao Zhao</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;23, 2022</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tsang Wah Kwong</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;23, 2022</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of HUYA Inc. has signed this
registration statement or amendment thereto in New York, New York, the United States on December&nbsp;23, 2022. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Colleen A. De Vries</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name: Colleen A. De Vries</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title: Senior Vice President</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2022
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HUYA 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 Number)
Building A3,
E-Park,
280 Hanxi Road
Panyu District, Guangzhou 511446
People's Republic of China
+86 (20) 2290-7888
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Amended and Restated 2021 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, including zip code, 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, 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
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting 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:
Rongjie Dong
Chief Executive Officer
HUYA Inc.
Building A3,
E-Park,
280 Hanxi Road
Panyu District, Guangzhou 511446
People's Republic of China
+86 (20)
2290-7888
Haiping Li, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Jing An Kerry Centre, Tower II
46th Floor
1539 Nanjing West Road
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
+86 (21)
6193-8200
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form
S-8
is being filed by HUYA Inc. (the "Registrant") to
register additional Class A ordinary shares of the Registrant (the "Class A Ordinary Shares") issuable pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2021 Share Incentive Plan (the "Amended Plan") and consists of only those items
required by General Instruction E to Form
S-8.
Pursuant to the Amended Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Class A Ordinary Shares available for grant of awards is increased from 3,530,111 under the
Registrant's original 2021 Share Incentive Plan, for which a registration statement on Form
S-8
(File
No. 333-257763)
was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on July 8, 2021 (the "Prior Registration Statement"), to 8,018,111. The additional securities registered hereby consist of 4,488,000 Class A Ordinary Shares.
In accordance with General Instruction E to Form
S-8,
the contents of the Prior Registration Statement
are incorporated herein by reference, except as otherwise set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein:
(a)
The Registrant's registration statement on
Form
S-8
(File
No. 333-257763),
filed with the Commission on July 8, 2021;
(b)
The Registrant's annual report on
Form
20-F
(File
No. 001-38482)
for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on April 28, 2022; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Class A ordinary shares incorporated by reference in the
Registrant's registration statement on
Form
8-A
(File
No. 001-38482)
filed with the Commission on May 2, 2018, including any amendment and report subsequently 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (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
See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the current
 report on Form
6-K
(File
No. 001-38482)
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2020)
4.2
Registrant's Specimen Certificate for Class 
A ordinary shares (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registration statement on Form
F-1
(File
No. 
333-224202),
as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2018)
4.3
Deposit Agreement dated May 
10, 2018, among the Registrant, the depositary and holder of the American Depositary Receipts (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the registration statement on Form
S-8
(File
No. 333-227336
) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 14, 2018)
5.1
*
Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, regarding the legality of the Class A ordinary shares being registered
10.1
Amended and Restated 2021 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the current report on Form
6-K
(File
No. 001-38482)
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2022)
23.1
*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP
23.2
*
Consent of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
*
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)
107
*
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
*
Filed herewith.
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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 Guangzhou, China, on
December 23, 2022.
HUYA Inc.
By:
/s/ Rongjie Dong
Name: Rongjie Dong
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,
Mr. Rongjie Dong and Ms. Ashley Xin Wu, 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 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, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Rongjie Dong
Rongjie Dong
Director and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
December 23, 2022
/s/ Ashley Xin Wu
Ashley Xin Wu
Vice President of Finance
(principal financial and accounting officer)
December 23, 2022
/s/ Lingdong Huang
Lingdong Huang
Chairman of the Board of Directors
December 23, 2022
/s/ David Xueling Li
David Xueling Li
Director
December 23, 2022
/s/ Cheng Yun Ming Matthew
Cheng Yun Ming Matthew
Director
December 23, 2022
/s/ Hai Tao Pu
Hai Tao Pu
Director
December 23, 2022
/s/ Guang Xu
Guang Xu
Director
December 23, 2022
/s/ Lei Zheng
Lei Zheng
Director
December 23, 2022
/s/ Hongqiao Zhao
Hongqiao Zhao
Director
December 23, 2022
/s/ Tsang Wah Kwong
Tsang Wah Kwong
Director
December 23, 2022
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of HUYA Inc. has signed this
registration statement or amendment thereto in New York, New York, the United States on December 23, 2022.
Authorized U.S. Representative
COGENCY GLOBAL INC.
By:
/s/ Colleen A. De Vries
Name: Colleen A. De Vries
Title: Senior Vice President
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