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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 8, 2009
Registration No. 333-129374
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Baidu, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         
Cayman Islands       Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of       (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)       Identification Number)
12/F, Ideal International Plaza
No. 58 West-North 4th Ring
Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
2000 Option Plan
(as amended and restated effective December 16, 2008)
(Full title of the plan)
 
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10011
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
(212) 894-8940
(Telephone number, including area code, agent for service)
 
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 þ Accelerated filer o  Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		 Smaller reporting company o
Copies to:
         
Jennifer Li
      Z. Julie Gao, Esq.
Chief Financial Officer
      Latham & Watkins LLP
Baidu, Inc.
      41st Floor, One Exchange Square
12/F, Ideal International Plaza
      8 Connaught Place, Central
No. 58 West-North 4th Ring
      Hong Kong S.A.R., People’s Republic of China
Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
      (852) 2522-7886
(86 10) 8262-1188
        
 
 

 

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Explanatory Note
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.1
EX-24.1

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Explanatory Note
     Baidu, Inc. hereby amends its registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-129374) by filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to reflect the amendment and restatement of the 2000 Option Plan. The amended and restated 2000 Option Plan is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1 and replaces Exhibit 10.1 of the initial registration statement. No additional securities are being registered.

 

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Beijing, China, on January 8, 2009.
         
  Baidu, Inc.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Robin Yanhong Li    
    Name:   Robin Yanhong Li   
    Title:   Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer 		  
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Robin Yanhong Li
 
Robin Yanhong Li		   Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer		   January 8, 2009
/s/ Jennifer Li
 
Jennifer Li		   Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)		   January 8, 2009
/s/ *
 
William Decker		   Director
 		   January 8, 2009
/s/ *
 
James Ding		   Director
 		   January 8, 2009
/s/ Nobuyuki Idei
 
Nobuyuki Idei		   Director
 		   January 8, 2009
/s/ *
 
Greg Penner		   Director
 		   January 8, 2009

 

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Signature   Title   Date
/s/ *
 
Name: Donald J. Puglisi
Title: Managing Director, Puglisi & Associates		   Authorized Representative in the United States
 		   January 8, 2009
           
*By   /s/ Robin Yanhong Li
 
Robin Yanhong Li
Attorney-in-Fact		        

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit Number   Description
 
    
4.1
  2000 Option Plan (as amended and restated effective December 16, 2008)
 
    
24.1
  Power of Attorney