(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”)
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
CUSIP No: G26583 107
1. |
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Names of reporting persons
Gold Intellect Limited |
2. |
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Check
the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions)
(a) ¨ (b) x |
3. |
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SEC use only |
4. |
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Source of funds (see instructions)
OO |
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Check
if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) ¨ |
6. |
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Citizenship or place of organization
British Virgin Islands |
Number of
shares
beneficially
owned by
each
reporting
person with |
7. |
Sole voting power
39,000,000 ordinary shares |
8. |
Shared voting power
0 |
9. |
Sole dispositive power
39,000,000 ordinary shares |
10. |
Shared dispositive power
0 |
11. |
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Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
39,000,000 ordinary shares |
12. |
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Check
if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨ |
13. |
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Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
10.4% |
14. |
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Type of reporting person (see instructions)
CO |
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CUSIP No: G26583 107
1. |
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Names of reporting persons
Mr. Guangfu Xu |
2. |
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Check
the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions)
(a) ¨ (b) x |
3. |
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SEC use only |
4. |
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Source of funds (see instructions)
OO |
5. |
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Check
if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) ¨ |
6. |
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Citizenship or place of organization
People’s Republic of China |
Number of
shares
beneficially
owned by
each
reporting
person with |
7. |
Sole voting power
51,586,9331
ordinary shares |
8. |
Shared voting power
0 |
9. |
Sole dispositive power
51,586,933
1 ordinary shares |
10. |
Shared dispositive power
0 |
11. |
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Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
51,586,933 1 ordinary shares |
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Check
if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨ |
13. |
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Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
13.3% 2 |
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Type of reporting person (see instructions)
IN |
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| 1. | Beneficial ownership information is presented as of August 19, 2022. |
| 2. | This percentage is calculated using 374,898,721 ordinary shares as the denominator, which is the total ordinary shares outstanding
as of June 30, 2022 as derived from the Issuer’s corporate records. |
| ITEM 1. | SECURITY AND ISSUER |
This Statement on Schedule 13D (this “Statement”)
relates to the ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), of Daqo New Energy Corp., a company
organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Issuer”), whose principal executive offices are located at Unit 29D,
Huadu Mansion, 838 Zhangyang Road, Shanghai, 200122, the People’s Republic of China.
| ITEM 2. | IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND |
(a) This Statement is being filed by Gold Intellect
Limited, a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Gold Intellect”) and Mr. Guangfu Xu (“Mr. Xu”
and, together with Gold Intellect, the “Reporting Persons”). The name, business address, present principal occupation or employment
and citizenship of each of the executive officers and directors of Gold Intellect are set forth on Schedule A hereto and are incorporated
herein by reference.
(b) Residence or Business Address for both Reporting
Persons:
c/o No. 11, Daquan Road, Xinba,
Yangzhong, Jiangsu Province, PRC
(c) The principal business of Gold Intellect is investment
holding. Mr. Xu is a director of Gold Intellect, and owns and controls all the shares of Gold Intellect. Mr. Xu is also
the chairman of the board of directors for the Issuer and that of Daqo Group.
(d) During the last five years, neither of the Reporting
Persons has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) During the last five years, neither of the Reporting
Persons has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such
proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities
subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
(f) The place of organization of Gold Intellect is the
British Virgin Islands. The citizenship of Mr. Xu is the People’s Republic of China.
| ITEM 3. | SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION |
On August 10, 2022, the Issuer granted 20,500,000
restricted shares unites (“RSUs”) to Mr. Guangfu Xu under the Issuer’s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the
“2022 Equity Incentive Plan”) adopted by its board of directors on August 3, 2022. 10,534,722 of the total
RSUs so granted to Mr. Xu under the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan will vest within 60 days from the date of this Statement (i.e.,
on September 6 and October 6 of 2022), and 1/72 of the total RSUs granted to Mr. Xu will vest on the 6th day of each
month from November 6, 2022 to September 6, 2025.
Except for the above, the securities reported in this statement
as beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons were acquired with cash from the applicable Reporting Persons’ personal funds or
working capital, as applicable, or acquired through equity incentive plans of the Issuer.
| ITEM 4. | PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION |
The information set forth in Items 3 and 6 is hereby incorporated
by reference in this Item 4.
Although none of the Reporting Persons has any present intention
to acquire additional securities of the Issuer (except as described in Item 3 above in connection with the vesting of the RSUs), they
intend to review their respective investment on a regular basis and, as a result thereof, may at any time or from time to time determine,
either alone or as part of a group, (i) to acquire additional securities of the Issuer, through open market purchases, privately
negotiated transactions or otherwise, (ii) to dispose of all or a portion of the securities of the Issuer owned by them in the open
market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise or (iii) to take any other available course of action, which could involve
one or more of the types of transactions or have one or more of the results specified in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4
of Schedule 13D under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Any such acquisition or disposition
or other transaction would be made in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Notwithstanding anything contained herein,
each Reporting Person specifically reserves the right to change its intention with respect to any or all of such matters. In reaching
any decision as to their respective course of action (as well as to the specific elements thereof), each Reporting Person currently expects
that he or it would take into consideration a variety of factors, including but not limited to the following: the Issuer’s business
and prospects; other developments concerning the Issuer and its businesses generally; other business opportunities available to such Reporting
Person; changes in law and government regulations; general economic conditions; and liquidity and stock market conditions, including the
market price of the securities of the Issuer.
Except
as set forth in this Item 4, the Reporting Persons have no present plans or proposals that relate to, or that would result
in, any of the actions specified in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act.
| ITEM 5. | INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER |
(a) Each
of the Reporting Persons’ current ownership in the securities of the Issuer is set forth on the cover pages to this Statement
on Schedule 13D and is incorporated by reference herein. The ownership percentage appearing on such pages has been calculated based
on 374,898,721 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of June 30, 2022. The Reporting Persons disclaim membership in any “group”
with any person other than the Reporting Persons.
(b) The
following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of the class of securities reported on for each of the Reporting Persons.
Reporting Person | |
Number of
Ordinary
Shares
Beneficially
Owned | | |
Percentage
of
Ordinary
Shares | | |
Sole Power to
Vote/Direct
Vote | | |
Shared Power
to Vote/Direct
Vote | | |
Sole Power to
Dispose/Direct
Disposition | | |
Shared Power
to
Dispose/Direct
Disposition | |
Guangfu Xu | |
| 51,586,933 | * | |
| 13.3 | % | |
| 51,586,933 | | |
| 0 | | |
| 51,586,933 | | |
| 0 | |
Gold Intellect Limited | |
| 39,000,000 | | |
| 10.4 | % | |
| 39,000,000 | | |
| 0 | | |
| 39,000,000 | | |
| 0 | |
* Represents (i) 39,000,000 ordinary shares held by Gold Intellect, which is wholly owned and controlled by Mr. Xu, (ii) 400,000 ordinary shares owned by Mr. Xu as
a result of cash exercise of options, and (iii) 12,186,933 Ordinary Shares issuance upon vesting of RSUs held by Mr. Xu within
60 days of the date of this Statement.
(c) Other
than as described in Items 3 and 4 above, there have been no transactions in the class of securities reported on that were effected during
the past sixty days by any of the Reporting Persons.
(d) Not
applicable.
(e) Not
applicable.
| ITEM 6. | CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER |
2022 Equity Incentive Plan
The Issuer’s board of directors adopted the 2022 Equity
Incentive Plan on August 3, 2022. Under the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, on August 10, 2022 the Issuer granted restricted share
units, referred to as “Awards,” to the Issuer’s directors, key employees payable by 37,253,465 Ordinary Shares. The
purpose of the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan is to aid the Issuer in recruiting and retaining directors, officers or key employees of outstanding
ability and to motivate such directors, officers or key employees to exert their best efforts on behalf of the Issuer by providing incentives
through the granting of Awards in recognition of their past and future services. The Issuer’s board of directors expects that the
Issuer will benefit from the added interest which such key employees, directors or officers will have in the Issuer’s welfare as
a result of their proprietary interest in the Issuer’s success. The 2022 Equity Incentive Plan is filed as an exhibit hereto and
is incorporated herein by reference.
Except as described in Items 1 through 7 of this Schedule
13D, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) among the Reporting Persons or between
the Reporting Persons or, to the best of their knowledge, any of the persons named in Schedule A hereto and any other person, including
but not limited to transfer or voting of any of the securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts
or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies, with respect to any securities
of the Issuer, including any securities pledged or otherwise subject to a contingency the occurrence of which would give another person
voting power or investment power over such securities except for standard default and similar provisions contained in loan agreements.
| ITEM 7. | MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS |
EXHIBIT INDEX
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and
to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: August 19, 2022
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Guangfu Xu |
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By: |
/s/ Guangfu Xu |
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Name: |
Guangfu Xu |
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Gold Intellect Limited |
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By: |
/s/ Guangfu Xu |
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Name: |
Guangfu Xu |
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Title: |
Director |
SCHEDULE A
Directors and Executive Officers of Gold Intellect
Limited
The names of the directors and the names and titles
of the executive officers of Gold Intellect Limited and their principal occupation are set forth below. The business address of each of
the directors and executive officers is c/o No. 11, Daquan Road, Xinba, Yangzhong, Jiangsu Province, PRC.
Name |
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Position with
Gold Intellect |
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Present Principal
Occupation |
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Citizenship |
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Director |
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Guangfu Xu |
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Director |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors of Daqo New Energy Corp
Chairman of Daqo Group
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People’s Republic of China |
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Executive Officers |
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N/A |
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