Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

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): January 10, 2023

 

GD Culture Group Limited

(Exact name of Company as specified in charter)

 

Nevada		001-37513		47-3709051
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File No.)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

c/o GD Culture Group Limited Flat 1512, 15F, Lucky Centre, No.165-171 Wan Chai Road Wan Chai, Hong Kong

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)

 

[phone]

(Company’s Telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Company under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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. ☐

  

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, par value $0.0001		GDC		Nasdaq Capital Market

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.03. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Corporate Name Change

 

Effective as of January 10, 2023, GD Culture Group Limited (the “Company”) changed its corporate name from “Code Chain New Continent Limited” to “GD Culture Group Limited”, pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada (the “Name Change”). The foregoing description of the Certificate of Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

In addition, effective as of January 10, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Second Amended and Restated Bylaws”) to reflect the Name Change. The foregoing description of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Symbol Change

 

In connection with the Name Change, effective as of the opening of trading on January 10, 2023, the Company’s common stock is trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “GDC” and the Company’s warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase one-thirtieth of one shares of Common Stock at a price of $172.50 per whole share is quoting on the OTC Pink Market under the ticker symbol “CCNCW”. The CUSIP numbers for the Company’s common stock and Warrants remain the same.

 

Outstanding certificates for the Company’s common stock and Warrants are not affected by the Name Change and will continue to be valid and need not be exchanged.

 

The Name Change and Symbol Change have been approved by the Board and the majority stockholders by written consent on November 29, 2022. 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
3.1		Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of GD Culture Group Limited
3.2		Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of GD Culture Group Limited
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

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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.

 

	GD CULTURE GROUP LIMITED
Date: January 10, 2023	By:	/s/ Hongxiang Yu
	Name:	Hongxiang Yu
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board

 

 

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