Current Report Filing (8-k)
June 05 2017 - 8:41AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 5, 2017
CHINA XD PLASTICS COMPANY LIMITED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Nevada
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001-34546
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04-3836208
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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No. 9 Dalian North Road, Haping Road Centralized Industrial Park,
Harbin Development Zone, Heilongjiang Province, PRC 150060
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(86) 451-8434-6600
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On June 5, 2017, China XD Plastics Company Limited (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that the special committee of its board of directors, which is composed entirely of independent directors (the "Special Committee"), has retained Duff & Phelps, LLC and Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC as the Special Committee's independent financial advisor, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as its U.S. legal counsel and Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP as its Nevada legal counsel in connection with its review and evaluation of the preliminary non-binding proposal letter dated February 16, 2017 from its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jie Han ("Mr. Han"), XD. Engineering Plastics Company Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned by Mr. Han, and MSPEA Modified Plastics Holding Limited, an affiliate of Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia III, Inc. (collectively, the "Buyer Consortium"), to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company not already beneficially owned by the Buyer Consortium in a "going-private" transaction (the "Proposal").
The Special Committee is evaluating and considering the Proposal. The Special Committee cautions the Company's shareholders and others considering trading in its securities that no decision has been made by the Special Committee with respect to the Company's response to the Proposal. There can be no assurance that any definitive offer will be made, that any agreement will be executed or that this or any other transaction will be approved or consummated. The Company does not undertake any obligation to provide any updates with respect to this or any other transaction, except as required under applicable law.
A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
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Exhibits
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Exhibit No.
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Exhibit Description
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99.1
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Press Release dated June 5, 2017.
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SIGNATURES
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: June 5, 2017
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CHINA XD PLASTICS COMPANY LIMITED
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By:
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/s/ Jie HAN
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Name:
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Jie HAN
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
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