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): October 14, 2015

 

SUTOR TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada	001-33959	87-0578370
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer ID No.)

 

No. 8, Huaye Road

Dongbang Industrial Park

Changshu, China 215534

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(86) 512-52680988

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

 

 

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

 

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Item 3.01          Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

On October 14, 2015, Sutor Technology Group Limited (the “Company”) received notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NASDAQ Stock Market indicating that, due to the Company’s failure to timely file its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 (the “Annual Report”), it no longer complies with the NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1). The notification letter states that the Company has 60 calendar days, or until December 14, 2015, to submit a plan to regain compliance and if NASDAQ accepts the plan, it may grant the Company up to 180 calendar days from the filing due date of the Annual Report, or until April 11, 2016, to regain compliance. If NASDAQ does not accept the Company’s plan, then the Company will have the opportunity to appeal that decision to a NASDAQ Hearings Panel.

 

On October 19, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the receipt of the notice from NASDAQ. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Press release dated October 19, 2015.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Sutor Technology Group Limited
Date: October 19, 2015
/s/ Lifang Chen
Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Press release dated October 19, 2015.

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Sutor Technology Group Limited Receives NASDAQ Non-Compliance Letter Due To Delay In Filing Annual Report on Form 10-K

 

CHANGSHU, China, Oct.19, 2015 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sutor Technology Group Limited (the “Company” or “Sutor”) (Nasdaq: TOR), one of the leading China-based manufacturers and customized service providers for fine finished steel products used by a variety of downstream applications, today announced that it received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NASDAQ Stock Market, on October 14, 2015 (the “Letter”), informing the Company that it no longer complies with the Nasdaq requirements for continued listing set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1), which requires the timely filing of periodic reports. The non-compliance cited in the Letter was the result of the Company’s failure to timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended on June 30, 2015 (the "10-K”).

 

The Letter states in part that the Nasdaq Staff has afforded the Company the opportunity to submit a plan prior to December 14, 2015 that addresses the details of the Company’s plan to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules. The Nasdaq Listing Rules provide that the Staff can grant the Company an exception of up to 180 calendar days from the filing’s due date, or until April 11, 2016 to regain compliance if Nasdaq accepts the Company’s plan of compliance.

 

The Company plans to file the 10-K or present its plan of compliance to Nasdaq as soon as practicable. However, there is no assurance that the compliance plan, if it is submitted, will be accepted by the Nasdaq Staff. If the Company’s plan of compliance is not accepted, the Company would have the opportunity to appeal that decision to a Hearings Panel.

 

About Sutor Technology Group Ltd

 

Sutor is one of the leading China-based manufacturers and customized service providers for high-end fine finished steel products and welded steel pipes used by a variety of downstream applications. The Company utilizes a variety of in-house developed processes and technologies to convert steel manufactured by third parties into fine finished steel products, including hot-dip galvanized steel, pre-painted galvanized steel, acid-pickled steel, cold-rolled steel and welded steel pipe products. The Company also provides fee-based steel processing services to customers, including industrial peers. To learn more about the Company, please visit http://www.sutorcn.com/en/index.php.

 

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release includes certain statements that are not descriptions of historical facts, but are “forward-looking statements” in nature within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, among others, those concerning our expected financial performance, liquidity and strategic and operational plans, our future operating results, our expectations regarding the market for our products, our expectations regarding the steel market, as well as all assumptions, expectations, predictions, intentions or beliefs about future events. You are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that a number of risks and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but not limited to, the factors mentioned in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2014, and other risks mentioned in our other reports filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Copies of filings made with the SEC are available through the SEC’s electronic data gathering analysis retrieval system (EDGAR) at http://www.sec.gov. The words “believe,”“expect,”“anticipate,”“project,”“targets,”“optimistic,”“intend,”“aim,”“will” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

 

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Sutor Technology Group Limited

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