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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 25, 2022 (October 21, 2022)

 

SHINECO, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-37776   52-2175898

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

Room 3310, North Tower, Zhengda Center,

No. 20, Jinhe East Road, Chaoyang District

Beijing, People’s Republic of China

   100020
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (+86) 10-59246103

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
     
  ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
     
  ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
     
  ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value   SISI   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On October 21, 2022, Shineco Life Science Research Co., Ltd. (“Subsidiary”), a company established under the laws of China and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Shineco, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with Beijing Kanghuayuan Medicine Information Consulting Co., Ltd., a company established under the laws of China (“Seller”), and Changzhou Biowin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a company established under the laws of China (“Target”), pursuant to which Subsidiary would acquire 51% of the issued equity interests of Target from Seller (the “Acquisition”). The closing of the Acquisition is subject to various customary closing conditions. As the consideration for the Acquisition, the Company will pay the Seller US $9 million in cash and within 30 days after closing, the Company will issue 3,260,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) to the equity holders of Seller or any persons designated by Seller.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The description of the Shares to be issued to the equity holders of Seller or any persons designated by Seller in Item 1.01 of this Report is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The Shares will be issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which exempts transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering, or pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act to non-United States residents who are not a “U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S and are not acquiring the Shares for the account or benefit of any U.S. person.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On October 25, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing its entering into the Agreement. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information set forth in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information set forth in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

The following exhibits shall be deemed to be furnished, and not filed:

 

Exhibit Number   Description
     
99.1   Press Release, dated October 25, 2022.
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document and included as Exhibit 101).

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: October 25, 2022

 

  SHINECO, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Jennifer Zhan
  Name: Jennifer Zhan
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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