# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001983550
**File Stem:** 0001213900-26-003104
**Filing Date:** 2026-1
**Character Count:** 9045
**Document Hash:** e658b459b8330b9e8f90fb5650ffe8be
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001213900-26-003104.hdr.sgml**: 20260112

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001213900-26-003104

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260112

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260109

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260112

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001983550
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 000000000

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-292667
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26524485

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 8 TEMASEK BOULEVARD #24-03
- **STREET 2:** SUNTEC TOWER THREE
- **CITY:** SINGAPORE
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** U0
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (65)65136868

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 8 TEMASEK BOULEVARD #24-03
- **STREET 2:** SUNTEC TOWER THREE
- **CITY:** SINGAPORE
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** U0

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20230629

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2026**

**Registration No. 333-__________**

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER**

**THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933**

**Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd** 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Cayman Islands** | **Not Applicable** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of<br> incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer <br> Identification No.) |

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**Suntec Tower 3, 8 Temasek Boulevard Road, #24-03**

**Singapore, 038988**

**+65 6513 6868** 

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

**2023 Equity Incentive Plan**

(Full title of the plan)

**Cogency Global Inc.<br> 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor<br> New York, NY 10168<br> (800) 221-0102**<br> (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

***Copies to:***

Soon Huat Lim<br> Chief Executive Officer<br> Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd<br> Suntec Tower 3,<br> 8 Temasek Boulevard Road, #24-03<br> Singapore, 038988<br> +65 6513 6868

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 ☐ <br> Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐ <br> 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. ◻

**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

This Registration Statement is filed by Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd (the "Registrant") to register additional securities issuable pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.

At its annual general meeting of shareholders on December 23, 2025, the Registrant approved and adopted the Second Amended and Restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan to adjust the number of shares available for awards to 230,191,250 Class B ordinary shares. Based on the above, the additional securities registered hereby consist of 230,191,250 Class B ordinary shares.

In accordance with General Instruction E to [Form S-8](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1983550/000121390025000498/ea0226555-s8_trident.htm), the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-284116), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on January 2, 2025, as amended and filed with the Commission on January 9, 2026 is incorporated herein by reference, except as otherwise set forth herein.

**EXHIBIT INDEX**

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| **Exhibit<br> Number** | **Description of Exhibit** |
| 107\* | [Filing Fee Table](ea027237402ex-fee_trident.htm) |

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\* Filed herewith.

**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 Singapore, on January 9, 2026.

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| **Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd** | **Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd** | **Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd** |
| By: | /s/ Soon Huat Lim | /s/ Soon Huat Lim |
|  | Name: | Soon Huat Lim |
|  | Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated:

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| **Signature** | **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Soon Huat Lim | /s/ Soon Huat Lim | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | January 9, 2026 |
| Name: | Soon Huat Lim | (principal executive officer) |  |
| \* | \* | Chief Financial Officer |  |
| Name: | Haiyan Huang | (principal financial officer and | January 9, 2026 |
|  |  | principal accounting officer) |  |
| \* | \* | Chief Technology Officer and Director | January 9, 2026 |
| Name: | Poh Kiong Tan |  |  |
| \* | \* | Independent director | January 9, 2026 |
| Name: | How Teck Lim |  |  |
| \* | \* | Independent director | January 9, 2026 |
| Name: | Noi Keng Koh |  |  |
| \* | \* | Independent director | January 9, 2026 |
| Name: | Chwee Koh Chua |  |  |

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| \* By: | /s/ Soon Huat Lim | /s/ Soon Huat Lim |
|  | Name: | Soon Huat Lim |
|  | Title: | *Attorney-in-fact* |

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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 Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd, has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in New York on January 9, 2026.

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| **Authorized U.S. Representative** | **Authorized U.S. Representative** | **Authorized U.S. Representative** |
| By: | /s/ Colleen A. De Vries | /s/ Colleen A. De Vries |
|  | Name: | Colleen A. De Vries |
|  | Title: | Senior Vice President for and on behalf of Cogency Global Inc. |

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## Ex-Filing

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? Filing Fee Exhibit

**Ex-Filing Fees**

**CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLES**

**S-8**

**Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd**

**Table 1: Newly Registered Securities**

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| **Security Type** | **Security Class Title** | **Notes** | **Fee Calculation<br> Rule** | **Amount Registered** | **Proposed Maximum Offering<br> Price Per Unit** | **Maximum Aggregate Offering Price** | **Fee Rate** | **Amount of Registration Fee** |
| Equity | Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share | (1) | Other | 230191250 | $0.0560 | $12890710.00 | 0.0001381 | $1780.20 |
| Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | $12890710.00 |  | 1780.20 |
| Total Fee Offsets: | Total Fee Offsets: | Total Fee Offsets: | Total Fee Offsets: | Total Fee Offsets: | Total Fee Offsets: |  |  |  |
| Net Fee Due: | Net Fee Due: | Net Fee Due: | Net Fee Due: | Net Fee Due: | Net Fee Due: |  |  | $1780.20 |

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**__________________________________________ Offering Note(s)**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) The Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share of Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd (the "Registrant") registered hereunder are represented by American depositary shares "(ADSs"), each representing eight Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share. The Registrant's ADSs issuable upon deposit of the Class B ordinary shares have been registered under a separate registration statement on Form F-6 (Registration No. 333- 275089). Represents Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share to be issued upon exercise of awards to be granted under the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated. Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the high ($0.536) and low ($0.36) prices for the Registrant's ADS on the Nasdaq Capital Market on January 5, 2026, and adjusted for the ADS-to-Class B ordinary share ratio.