- Current report filing (8-K)

 

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 AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (date of earliest event reported): November 2, 2011

 

 

SINO-GLOBAL SHIPPING AMERICA, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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Virginia		001-34024		11-3588546
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

136-56 39th Avenue, Room #305

Flushing, New York 11354

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.

 

On November 2, 2011, the Registrant issued a press release announcing that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding with King & Sons Ships Agency, a subsidiary of Grindrod Limited, a public company listed on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE:GNDP). A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 .

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(a)	Financial statements of businesses acquired.

 

Not Applicable.

 

(b)	Pro forma financial information.

 

Not Applicable.

 

(c)	Shell company transactions.

 

Not Applicable.

 

(d)	Exhibits.
	99.1	Press release, dated November 2, 2011, entitled “Sino-Global Announces Memorandum of Understanding With Southern Africa's Shipping Agency Leader.”

 

 

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

	SINO-GLOBAL SHIPPING AMERICA, LTD.
	By:	/s/ Cao Lei
		Cao Lei
		Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: November 3, 2011

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Press release, dated November 2, 2011, entitled “Sino-Global Announces Memorandum of Understanding With Southern Africa's Shipping Agency Leader.”

 

 

 

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