Unassociated Document
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8/A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 

CHINA EDUCATION ALLIANCE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
North Carolina
 
56-2012361
(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization
 
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
58 Heng Shan Road, Kun Lun Shopping Mall
 
Harbin, the People’s Republic of China
150090
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

China Education Alliance, Inc.
2009 Incentive Stock Plan
(Full Title of Plan)
 
Mr. Xiqun Yu
58 Heng Shan Road, Kun Lun Shopping Mall
Harbin, The People’s Republic of China 150090
 (Name and address of agent for service)
 
011-86-451-8233-5794
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Copies to:
Benjamin A. Tan
Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
 61 Broadway 32nd Floor
New York, NY 10006
Tel (212) 930-9700
Fax (212) 930-9725
 
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 o
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company x

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be registered (1)
   
Proposed maximum offering price per share (2)
   
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
   
Amount of registration fee
 
Common Stock, par value $0.001
    1,000,000     $ 3.00     $ 3,000,000     $ 167.40  
 
(1) 
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock of China Education Alliance, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the “Registrant” or the “Company”), which become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant’s common stock.

(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is based on the average bid and asked price of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board on June 17, 2009.
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This Registration Statement is being filed to register the grant of up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock of China Education Alliance, Inc, par value $0.001 per share, to certain employees of the Company either as stock or stock options, and the subsequent exercise of any stock options.
 
PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan Information

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended as of the date of this Registration Statement (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not required to be and are not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in this Section 10(a) Prospectus), other documents required to be delivered to eligible employees pursuant to Rule 428(b) or additional information about the Offering are available without charge by contacting:

Securities Liaison Officer
China Education Alliance, Inc.
58 Heng Shan Road, Kun Lun Shopping Mall
Harbin, The People’s Republic of China 150090
Tel: 011-86-451-8233-5794
 
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PART II
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
Item 3.      Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
 
The following documents and information heretofore filed with the Commission by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference in this registration statement:
 
(a)    The Registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K filed on March 30, 2009, pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act), containing audited financial information for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
 
(b)    The Registrant’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on May 15, 2009, and Current Reports on Forms 8-K filed on April 1, May 19, May 28, 2009, and June 17, 2009, pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s document referred to in (a) above.

(c)    The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10-SB/A filed on March 26, 2007, pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
 
All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold under this Registration Statement, 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 contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such earlier 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.
 
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and accordingly, no information under Item 202 of Regulation S-K is required.
 
Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
 
None.
 
Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
 
Our Articles of Incorporation provides that we will indemnify and hold harmless our officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
Section 16:21, et seq. of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, as amended, provides for broad indemnification of directors, officers and employees subject to certain exceptions. A North Carolina corporation may indemnify an individual who is made a party to a proceeding if he conducted himself in good faith, and he reasonably believed that his conduct was in its best interests and that his conduct was at least not opposed to its best interests. However, a corporation cannot indemnify in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which a director was adjudged liable to the corporation or any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to him. Section 17:12 of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act provides for mandatory indemnification of officers to be the same extent as a director, unless on account of his activities which were, at the time taken, known or believed by him to be clearly in conflict with the best interest of the corporation.
 
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to the Company’s directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the provisions above, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is, therefore, unenforceable.

In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities, other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by one of the Company’s directors, officers, or controlling persons in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding, is asserted by one of the Company’s directors, officers, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company 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 is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and it will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


Item 7.      Exemption from Registration Claimed.
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 8.      Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
4.1
 
5.1
 
China Education Alliance, Inc. 2009 Incentive Stock Option Plan.
 
Opinion of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP with respect to the legality of the common stock registered hereby.
 
23.1
 
Consent of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP (contained in its opinion filed herewith in Exhibit 5.1).
 
23.2
 
Consent of Sherb & Co., LLP.
 
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 of 1933;
 
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(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the 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 the 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 end 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% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
 
 
(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 such information in the Registration Statement.
 
 Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if this Registration Statement on Form S-8/A, and 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 of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
 
    (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
 
(4)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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.
 
            (5)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, 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 of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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/A and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Harbin, the People’s Republic of China, on June 18, 2009.
 
 
CHINA EDUCATION ALLIANCE, INC.
 
       
 
By:
/s/  Xiqun Yu 
 
    Xiqun Yu   
   
Chief Executive Officer 
 
       
 
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 date indicated.
 
       
 
By:
/s/  Xiqun Yu 
 
    Xiqun Yu   
   
Chief Executive Officer and Director 
 
       
 
 
       
 
By:
/s/  James Hsu
 
    James Hsu   
   
Director
 
       
 
 
       
 
By:
/s/  Ansheng Huang
 
    Liansheng Zhang   
   
Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
       
 
 
       
 
By:
/s/  Liansheng Zhang
 
    Lianzheng Zhang   
   
Director
 
       
 
 
       
 
By:
/s/  Yizhao Zhang
 
    Yizhao Zhang  
   
Director
 
       
 
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