S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2021

Registration No. 333-              

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Jupai Holdings 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.)

Global Creative Center, T2, 15/F No 166 Min Hong Road Minhang District Shanghai 201100 People’s Republic of China	201100
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Share Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Cogency Global Inc.

122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10168

(Name and address of agent for service)

+1 (800) 221-0102

(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, a 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 o	Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer x	Smaller reporting company o
	Emerging growth company o

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. o

Copies to:

Min Liu, Chief Financial Officer

Global Creative Center, T2, 15/F

No 166 Min Hong Road

Minhang District

Shanghai 201100

People’s Republic of China

Phone: (86 21) 5226-5925

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities to be Registered (1)	Amount to be Registered (2)	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price	Amount of Registration Fee
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0005 per share	20,154,656(3)	$0.34(3)	$6,886,174.03	$751.28
Total	20,154,656(4)	—	$6,886,174.03	$751.28

(1)These shares may be represented by the Registrant’s ADSs, each of which represents six ordinary shares. 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 (333-205526).

(2)Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution from share splits, share dividends or similar transactions as provided in the registrant’s Share Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”). The Plan amends and restates the registrant’s 2014 share incentive 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)These shares are reserved for future award grants under the Plan. On each of the third, sixth and ninth anniversary of July 1, 2014, the total number of ordinary shares issuable under the Plan shall increase by that number of ordinary share equal to 5% of the then total issued and outstanding shares of the Company on an as-converted fully diluted basis. The number of ordinary shares available for issuance under the Plan has been estimated for the purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee. The proposed maximum offering price per share, which is estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, is based on $2.05 per ADS, the average of the high and low prices for the registrant’s ADSs as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on May 5, 2021.

(4)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.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.Plan Information*

Item 2.Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*

* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing information specified in this Part I will be separately provided to the participants covered by the Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.Incorporation of Documents by Reference

The following documents previously filed by Jupai Holdings 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 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the Commission on April 16, 2021; and

(b)The description of the registrant’s ordinary shares incorporated by reference in the registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-37485) filed with the Commission on July 7, 2015, 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 (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 4.Description of Securities

Not applicable.

Item 5.Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

Not applicable.

Item 6.Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s articles of association may provide for indemnification of directors and officers, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. The registrant’s currently effective fourth amended and restated articles of association provide that the registrant shall indemnify each of its directors and officers against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such directors or officers, other than by reason of such person’s own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of the registrant’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such director or officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning the registrant or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.

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Pursuant to the indemnification agreements, the form of which was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-204950) (the “Form F-1”), the registrant has agreed to indemnify its directors and officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or officer.

The underwriting agreement, the form of which was filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the registrant’s Form F-1, also provides for indemnification by the underwriters of the registrant, its directors and officers for certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act, but only to the extent that such liabilities are caused by information relating to the underwriters furnished to the registrant in writing expressly for use in such registration statement and certain other disclosure documents and specified in the underwriting agreement.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

The registrant also maintains a directors and officers liability insurance policy for its directors and officers.

Item 7.Exemption from Registration Claimed

Not applicable.

Item 8.Exhibits

See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto.

Item 9.Undertakings

(a)The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii)to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement; and

(iii)to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to that information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement;

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(2)That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b)The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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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 Shanghai, China, on May 7, 2021.

Jupai Holdings Limited
By:	/s/ Jianda Ni
Name:	Jianda Ni
Title:	Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors and 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 Jianda Ni and Min Liu, 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, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Jianda Ni	Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer	May 7, 2021
Jianda Ni
	(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Xin Zhou	Director	May 7, 2021
Xin Zhou
/s/ Guoping Yang	Director	May 7, 2021
Guoping Yang
/s/ Bang Zhang	Director	May 7, 2021
Bang Zhang
/s/ Hongchao Zhu	Director	May 7, 2021
Hongchao Zhu
/s/ Min Liu	Chief Financial Officer	May 7, 2021
Min Liu	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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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 Jupai Holdings Limited has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in New York, New York on May 7, 2021.

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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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
4.1	Fourth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-204950))
4.2	Registrant’s specimen certificate for ordinary shares (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-204950))
4.3	Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, among the Registrant, the depositary and holder of the American Depositary Receipts dated May 27, 2020 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Form 20-F filed on April 16, 2021 (File No.001-37485))
5.1*	Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, regarding the legality of the ordinary shares being registered
10.1*	Share Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form S-8 filed on March 4, 2016 (File No.333-209924))
23.1*	Consent of B F Borgers CPA PC
23.2*	Consent of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP
23.3*	Consent of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*	Powers of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)

* Filed herewith.

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EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

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Jupai Holdings Limited

Global Creative Center, T2, 15/F

No 166 Min Hong Road

Minhang District

Shanghai 201100

People’s Republic of China

7 May 2021

Dear Sir or Madam

Jupai Holdings Limited (the “Company”)

We have acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel to the Company in connection with a registration statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on 7 May 2021 (the “Registration Statement”, which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto) relating to the registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) of 20,154,656 ordinary shares, par value US$0.0005  per share (the “Shares”), issuable by the Company pursuant to the Share Incentive Plan adopted by the directors of the Company on 29 January 2016 (the “Plan”, which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto).

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined copies of the Registration Statement and the Plan. We have also reviewed copies of the fourth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company as conditionally adopted by a special resolution passed on 15 June 2015 and effective immediately prior to the completion of the Company’s initial public offering of ordinary shares represented by American depositary shares (the “Memorandum and Articles”), and the written resolutions of the directors of the Company passed on 29 January 2016 and 10 December 2020 (together, the “Resolutions”).

Based upon, and subject to, the assumptions and qualifications set out below, and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

1.The Shares to be issued by the Company have been duly and validly authorized.

2.When issued, sold and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Plan and in accordance with the Resolutions, and appropriate entries are made in the register of members (shareholders) of the Company, the Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

In this opinion letter, the phrase “non-assessable” means, with respect to the issuance of Shares, that a shareholder shall not, in respect of the relevant Shares, have any obligation to make further contributions to the Company’s assets (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

These opinions are subject to the qualification that under the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, the register of members of a Cayman Islands company is by statute regarded as prima facie evidence of any matters which the Companies Act (As Revised) directs or authorises to be inserted therein. A third party interest in the shares in question would not appear.  An entry in the register of members may yield to a court order for rectification (for example, in the event of fraud or manifest error).

These opinions are given only as to, and based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion letter. These opinions only relate to the laws of the Cayman Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion letter.  We express no opinion as to the meaning, validity or effect of any references to foreign (i.e. non-Cayman Islands) statutes, rules, regulations, codes, judicial authority or any other promulgations.

We have also relied upon the assumptions, which we have not independently verified, that (a) all signatures, initials and seals are genuine, (b) copies of documents, conformed copies or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals, (c) where a document has been provided to us in draft or undated form, it will be duly executed, dated and unconditionally delivered in the same form as the last version provided to us, (d) the Memorandum and Articles remain in full force and effect and are unamended, (e) the Resolutions were duly passed in the manner prescribed in the Memorandum and Articles (including, without limitation, with respect to the disclosure of interests (if any) by directors of the Company) and have not been amended, varied or revoked in any respect, (f) there is nothing under any law (other than the laws of the Cayman Islands) which would or might affect the opinions set out below, (g) there is nothing contained in the minute book or corporate records of the Company (which we have not inspected) which would or might affect the opinions set out below, and (h) upon the issue of any Shares, the Company will receive consideration which shall be equal to at least the par value of such Shares.

This opinion letter is to and for the benefit solely of the addressee and may not be relied upon by any other person for any purpose.

We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to all references to us in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto. In giving such consent, we do not consider that we are “experts” within the meaning of such term as used in the Securities Act, or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this opinion as an exhibit or otherwise.

Yours faithfully

/s/ Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP

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EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Jupai Holdings Limited of our report dated April 16, 2021 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Jupai Holdings Limited, its subsidiaries and its variable interest entities, which was included in the annual report of Jupai Holdings Limited on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020.

/s/ B F Borgers CPA PC

Lakewood, Colorado

May 7, 2021

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EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Jupai Holdings Limited of our report dated April 29, 2019, relating to the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, changes in shareholders’ deficit, and cash flows of Jupai Holdings Limited, its subsidiaries and its variable interest entities for the year ended December 31, 2018, appearing in the Annual Report of Jupai Holdings Limited on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020.

/s/ Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP

Shanghai, China

April 16, 2021

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