As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on December 18, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LZ TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer
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Unit 311, Floor 3, No. 5999 Wuxing Avenue, Zhili
Town, Wuxing District
Huzhou City, Zhejiang province, People’s
Republic of China 313000
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including
zip code)
LZ TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LIMITED 2025 EQUITY INCENTIVE
PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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Copies of Correspondence to: |
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Cogency Global Inc.
122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10168
800-221-0102
(Name, address, and telephone number, including
area
code, of agent for service) |
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Kevin (Qixiang) Sun, Esq.
BEVILACQUA PLLC
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
202-869-0888 |
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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 ☐ |
Accelerated
filer ☐ |
Non-accelerated
filer ☒ |
Smaller reporting
company ☐ |
Emerging Growth
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. ☐
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified
in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration
Statement”) in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I
of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity incentive plan covered by this Registration Statement as specified
by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed
or furnished by LZ TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LIMITED (the “Registrant”) with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference:
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The
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on June
17, 2025; |
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The
Registrant’s Reports on Form 6-K furnished with the Commission on August
13, 2025, November 21,
2025 and December 16, 2025; and |
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The description of the Registrant’s Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.000025, contained in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A12B filed on February 14, 2025 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) including any amendment or reports filed hereafter for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents filed with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of 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 of the securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all of the securities covered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information
deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement.
Any statement incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute 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 memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, 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 Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
of the Registrant provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors and officers, and their personal representatives, against
all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such persons, other than by
reason of such person’s dishonesty, willful 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 or her duties, powers, authorities or discretions,
including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such person 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.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification
agreements with the Registrant’s directors and executive officers which provide, among other things, that the Registrant will indemnify
its directors and executive officers to the fullest extent permitted by Cayman Islands law from and against all liabilities, costs, charges
and expenses incurred as a result of directors and executive officers actions in the exercise of their duties as a director or officer.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to the Registrant’s directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant under the
foregoing provisions, we have 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.
Item
7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item
8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this
Registration Statement:
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Description |
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| 3.1 |
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Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Report on Form 6-K filed on February 28, 2025) |
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Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman |
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Consent of Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
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Consent of GGF CPA LTD, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
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Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
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Power of Attorney (included on the Signature Page to this Registration Statement) |
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LZ TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LIMITED 2025 Equity Incentive Plan |
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Filing Fee Table |
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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Filing
Fee Tables” or “Calculation of Registration Fee” table, as applicable, in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any additional or changed material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement;
provided,
however, that the undertakings set forth in 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 periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(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.
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 City of Huzhou, China, on this 18th day of December, 2025.
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LZ TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LIMITED |
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/s/ Runzhe Zhang |
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Runzhe Zhang |
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Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Runzhe
Zhang and Weihua Chen, and each of them acting individually and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith) to
this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them individually, or their or his substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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| /s/ Runzhe Zhang |
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Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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December 18, 2025 |
| Runzhe Zhang |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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| /s/ Weihua Chen |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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December 18, 2025 |
| Weihua Chen |
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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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| /s/ Andong Zhang |
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Chairman |
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December 18, 2025 |
| Andong Zhang |
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| /s/ Chung Chi Ng |
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Director |
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December 18, 2025 |
| Chung Chi Ng |
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| /s/ Qisheng You |
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Director |
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December 18, 2025 |
| Qisheng You |
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| /s/ Li Zhang |
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Director |
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December 18, 2025 |
| Li Zhang |
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of LZ TECHNOLOGY
HOLDINGS LIMITED has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in New York, New York on December 18, 2025.
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United States Authorized Representative Cogency Global Inc. |
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/s/ Colleen A. De Vries |
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Colleen A. De Vries |
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Senior Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc. |