UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): March 30, 2020
GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| British Virgin Islands | 001-38605 | N/A | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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11-F, Building #12, Sunking Plaza, Gaojiao Road Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China |
311122 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (86) 010-53607082
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Ordinary shares, no par value | GTEC | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
Item 8.01 Other Events.
Due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Greenland Technologies Holding Corporation (the “Company”) is filing this current report on Form 8-K to avail itself of an extension to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2019 (the “Annual Report”), which is originally due on March 30, 2020, relying on an order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 4, 2020 pursuant to Section 36 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Release No. 34-88318) regarding exemptions granted to certain public companies.
In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China, which has and is continuing to spread throughout China and other parts of the world, including the United States. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern,” and on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the outbreak as a “pandemic.”
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Company expects to delay the launch of its new product, a robotic cargo carrier with payload capacity of approximately 500 kilograms. Moreover, the outbreak has significantly limited suppliers’ ability to provide low-cost, high-quality merchandise to the Company on a timely basis. As a result, the Company believes that its capability to produce transmission products has been significantly affected, and its business and results of operations have been materially and adversely affected.
Zhejiang Province, where we conduct a substantial part of our business, is one of the most affected areas in China. The transportation restriction currently enforced in Zhejiang Province has caused difficulties for a third-party appraiser engaged by the Company to complete the asset evaluation report of Zhongchai Holding (Hong Kong) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Such evaluation report is necessary for the Company’s auditor to complete its annual audit of the Company. From late January 2020 until recently, the Company’s employees were asked to work remotely. As a result, the Company’s books and records were not easily accessible, resulting in delay in preparation and completion of its financial statements.
Based on the foregoing, the Company expects to file the Annual Report on or around April 10, 2020 but no later than May 14, 2020.
The Company is supplementing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q with the following risk factor:
War, terrorism, other acts of violence or natural or manmade disasters such as a global pandemic may affect the markets in which the Company operates, the Company’s customers, the Company’s delivery of products, and could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
The Company’s business may be adversely affected by instability, disruption or destruction in a geographic region in which it operates, regardless of cause, including war, terrorism, riot, civil insurrection or social unrest, and natural or manmade disasters, including famine, flood, fire, earthquake, storm or pandemic events and spread of disease (including the recent outbreak of the new coronavirus commonly referred to as “COVID-19”). Such events may diminish suppliers’ ability to deliver low-cost, high-quality merchandise to the Company on a timely basis, cause customers to suspend their decisions on ordering the Company’s products, and give rise to sudden significant changes in regional and global economic conditions and cycles. These events also pose significant risks to the Company’s personnel, physical facilities, and operations, which could materially adversely affect the Company’s financial results.
Any significant disruption to communications and travel, including travel restrictions and other potential protective quarantine measures by governmental agencies, may increase the difficulty and could make it impossible for the Company to deliver products to its customers. Travel restrictions and protective measures could cause the Company to incur additional unexpected labor costs and expenses or could restrain the Company’s ability to retain the highly skilled personnel the Company needs for its operations. COVID-19 has resulted in delayed product launch, reduced production capacity, and postponements and cancelations of orders from our customers. The extent to which COVID-19 continues to impact the Company’s business, sales, and results of operations will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains statements as to the Company’s beliefs and expectations of the outcome of future events that are forward-looking statements. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Examples of these statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the anticipated impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on travel, the anticipated impact of such outbreak on our results of operations, and possible effect of the postponement and cancellation of customer orders on our overall revenues.
These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, including on the demand for our products; the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and severity of such outbreak in regions where we operate; the pace of recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak; our ability to implement cost containment and business recovery strategies; the adverse effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on our business or the market price of our ordinary shares; and the risk and uncertainties described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and our subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including subsequent periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K.
Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements made by it to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Greenland Technologies Holding Corporation | |
| March 30, 2020 | By: | /s/ Raymond Z. Wang |
| Raymond Z. Wang | ||
| Chief Executive Officer and President | ||
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