6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of November 2019

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Commission File Number: 001-34238

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THE9 LIMITED

17 Floor, No. 130 Wu Song Road

Hong Kou District, Shanghai 201203

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x             Form 40-F ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):________________

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):________________

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release – The9 Limited to Hold Annual General Meeting on December 13, 2019
99.2	Notice of the 2019 Annual General Meeting of The9 Limited
99.3	Form of Proxy for the 2019 Annual General Meeting of The9 Limited

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

THE9 LIMITED
By	:	/s/ George Lai
Name	:	George Lai
Title	:	Director and Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 12, 2019

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

The9 Limited to Hold Annual General Meeting on December 13, 2019

Shanghai, November 11, 2019 — The9 Limited (Nasdaq: NCTY ) (the “Company”), an established Internet company, today announced that it will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders at the BNY Mellon Office, Room No. 4, 25/F Three Pacific Place, 1 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong on December 13, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., Hong Kong time.

The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on November 12, 2019 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the annual general meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Holders of record of the Company’s ordinary shares at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to attend and to vote at the annual general meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof in person. Beneficial owners of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) are welcome to attend the annual general meeting in person. Beneficial owners of the Company’s ADSs who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares must act through the depositary of the Company’s ADS program, The Bank of New York Mellon.

The notice of the annual general meeting and form of proxy for ADS holders are available on the Company’s website at http://www.the9.com/en/agms.html. The Company has filed its annual report (the “Annual Report”), which includes the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company’s Annual Report can be accessed on the investor relations section of its website at http://www. the9.com, and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares or ADSs may obtain a copy of the Company’s Annual Report, free of charge, by email to ir@corp.the9.com or by writing to:

The9 Limited

17 Floor,

No. 130, Wu Song Road,

Hong Kou District,

Shanghai 200080, PRC

About The9 Limited

The9 Limited (“The9”) is an Internet company based in China listed on Nasdaq in 2004. The9 has aimed to become a diversified high-tech Internet company.

Investor Relations Contact

Ms. Connie Sun
Investor Relations Specialist
The9 Limited
Tel: +86 (21) 5172-9990
Email: IR@corp.the9.com

Website: http://www. the9.com/

EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

THE9 LIMITED

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Nasdaq Ticker: NCTY)

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

To be held on December 13, 2019

(or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual General Meeting (the “AGM”) of The9 Limited (the “Company”) will be held at the BNY Office, Room No. 4, 25/F Three Pacific Place, 1 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong on December 13, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., Hong Kong time, and at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof, for the following purposes:

1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as an ordinary resolution:

“THAT:

the re-election and appointment of ZHU Jun as a director (Class III) of the Company, effective from the closing of this Annual General Meeting, to serve for a three (3) year term ending at the 2022 Annual General Meeting or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.”

Mr. ZHU Jun’s biography is set forth on page 67 of the 2018 Annual Report available at http://www.the9.com/.

2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on November 12, 2019 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of, to attend and to vote at the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

Please refer to the proxy form which is attached and made a part of this notice. Holders of record of our ordinary shares at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof. Holders of the Company’s American Depositary Shares who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying shares must act through the Company's depositary.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING IN PERSON. YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING IN PERSON, YOU ARE URGED TO COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY FORM SO THAT IT IS RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY NO LATER THAN 48 HOURS BEFORE THE TIME OF THE MEETING.

Shareholders and holders of the Company’s American Depositary Shares have been advised that the notice of Annual General Meeting, the Company’s 2018 Annual Report, free of charge, are available for viewing and downloading on the internet at http://www.the9.com/. If you do not have access to the internet and would like to obtain a hardcopy of the notice of Annual General Meeting and/or the 2018 Annual Report, please write to:

The9 Limited

Building No. 3,

17 Floor, No. 130, Wu Song Road,

Hong Kou District,

Shanghai 200080, PRC

Attention: Investor Relations

You may also request for a hardcopy of the notice of Annual General Meeting and/or the 2018 Annual Report by email to: ir@corp.the9.com.

	By Order of the Board of Directors,
	The9 Limited
	/s/ Jun Zhu
	Jun Zhu
Shanghai, November 11, 2019	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Office:	Registered Office:
Floor 17,	COLLAS CRILL CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED
No. 130, Wu Song Road	P. O. Box 709
Hong Kou District,	Floor 2, Willow House,
Shanghai 200080	Cricket Square
	Grand Cayman,
	KY1-1107
	Cayman Islands

EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

THE9 LIMITED

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Nasdaq Ticker: NCTY)

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Form of Proxy for Annual General Meeting

to be held on December 13, 2019
(or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof)

Introduction

This Form of Proxy is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the board of directors of The9 Limited, a Cayman Islands company (the “Company”), of proxies from the holders of the issued and outstanding Class A or Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”) to be exercised at the Annual General Meeting of the Company (the “Meeting”) to be held at the BNY Office, Room No. 4, 25/F Three Pacific Place, 1 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong on December 13, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., Hong Kong time, and at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual General Meeting (the “Meeting Notice”).

Only the holders of record of the Ordinary Shares at the close of business on November 12, 2019 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, to attend and to vote at the Meeting. Each Class A ordinary share is entitled to one vote on all matters and each Class B ordinary share is entitled to fifty votes on all matters. The quorum of the Meeting shall be one or more shareholders present in person or by proxy representing an aggregate of one-third of all Ordinary Shares in issue and entitled to vote. This Form of Proxy and the accompanying Meeting Notice will be first mailed to the shareholders of the Company on or about November 22, 2019.

The Ordinary Shares represented by all properly executed proxies returned to the Company will be voted at the Meeting as indicated or, if no instruction is given, the proxy will vote the shares in his/her discretion, unless a reference to the holder of the proxy having such discretion has been deleted and initialed on this Form of Proxy. Where the chairman of the Meeting acts as proxy and is entitled to exercise his/her discretion, he/she is likely to vote the shares FOR the resolutions. As to any other business that may properly come before the Meeting, all properly executed proxies will be voted by the persons named therein in accordance with their discretion. The Company does not presently know of any other business which may come before the Meeting. However, if any other matter properly comes before the Meeting, or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof, which may properly be acted upon, unless otherwise indicated the proxies solicited hereby will be voted on such matter in accordance with the discretion of the proxy holders named therein. Any person giving a proxy has the right to revoke it at any time before it is exercised by (i) filing with the Company, at the Company’s office set forth below, a duly signed revocation or (ii) voting in person at the Meeting.

To be valid, this Form of Proxy must be completed, signed and returned to the Company’s office (to the attention of the Investor Relations Department) at 17 Floor, NO.130, Wu Song Road, Hong Kou District, Shanghai 200080, People’s Republic of China as soon as possible so that it is received by the Company no later than 48 hours before the time of the Meeting.

THE9 LIMITED

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Nasdaq Ticker: NCTY)

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Form of Proxy for Annual General Meeting

to be held on December 13, 2019
(or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof)

I/We                      of                                                                                                , being the registered holder of                    ordinary shares,^{(Note 1)} par value US$0.01 per share, of The9 Limited (the “Company”), hereby appoint the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting^{(Note 2)} or                    of                                        as my/our proxy to attend and act for me/us at the Annual General Meeting (or at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof) of the Company to be held at the BNY Office, Room No. 4, 25/F Three Pacific Place, 1 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong and at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof, and in the event of a poll, to vote for me/us as indicated below, or if no such indication is given, as my/our proxy thinks fit.^{(Note 3)}

	RESOLUTION	FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
1.	The resolution as set out in Section 1 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting regarding the re-election and appointment of ZHU Jun as director (Class III) of the Company.

Dated _______________, 2019 Signature(s)^{(Note 4)}

Notes:

¹ Please insert the class (i.e., Class A or Class B) and number of ordinary shares registered in your name(s) to which this proxy relates. If no number is inserted, this form of proxy will be deemed to relate to all the shares in the Company registered in your name(s).

² If any proxy other than the Chairman is preferred, strike out the words “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING” and insert the name and address of the proxy desired in the space provided. A member may appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. ANY ALTERATION MADE TO THIS FORM OF PROXY MUST BE INITIALED BY THE PERSON(S) WHO SIGN(S) IT.

³ IMPORTANT: IF YOU WISH TO VOTE FOR THE RESOLUTION, TICK THE APPROPRIATE BOX MARKED “FOR.” IF YOU WISH TO VOTE AGAINST THE RESOLUTION, TICK THE APPROPRIATE BOX MARKED “AGAINST.” ALTERNATIVELY, YOU MAY ALSO INDICATE THE RESPECTIVE NUMBERS OF SHARES FOR EACH OF THE “FOR,” “AGAINST” AND “ABSTAIN” COLUMNS. The Ordinary Shares represented by all properly executed proxies returned to the Company will be voted at the Meeting as indicated or, if no instruction is given, the proxy will vote the shares in his/her discretion, unless a reference to the holder of the proxy having such discretion has been deleted and initialed on this Form of Proxy. Where the Chairman acts as proxy and is entitled to exercise his/her discretion, he/she is likely to vote the shares FOR the resolutions. As to any other business that may properly come before the Meeting, all properly executed proxies will be voted by the persons named therein in accordance with their discretion. Your proxy will also be entitled to vote or abstain at his/her discretion on any amendment to the resolution referred to in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which has been properly put to the Annual General Meeting.

⁴ This form of proxy must be signed by you or your attorney duly authorized in writing or, in the case of a corporation, must be either executed under its common seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney or other person duly authorized to sign the same.