Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 001-33863

 

XINYUAN REAL ESTATE CO., LTD.

 

27/F, China Central Place, Tower II
79 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100025
People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x                                Form 40-F o

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit 99.1        Press Release of Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. entitled "Xinyuan Announces Progress Achievement in Debt Restructuring" dated August 28, 2023

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

	Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.
	By:	/s/ Yong Zhang
	Name:	Yong Zhang
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: August 28, 2023

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. Announces Progress Achievement in Debt Restructuring

 

Beijing, August 28, 2023 -- Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (“Xinyuan” or the “Company”) (NYSE: XIN), an NYSE-listed real estate developer operating primarily in China and also in other countries, announces progress achievement in debt restructuring.

 

The Company has been proactively making effort to resolve debts both from domestic and foreign institutions since June 2022, and has reached or agreed into resolution or settlement with institutions through various approaches. As of August 2023, the Company has accumulatively completed debt restructurings amounting to RMB6.5 billion, including the rollover of the onshore corporate bonds issued by Xinyuan (China) Real Estate, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and the exchange offer of the senior secured notes issued by the Company completed recently. The total restructuring amount mentioned above accounts for approximately 30% of the total outstanding balance of the interest-bearing debts. The average maturity extended is around 4.7 years. The interest saving contributes around RMB350 million annually.

 

The Company will continue to work hard to dissolve the liquidity crisis and strive to overcome the difficulties.

 

About Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.

 

Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (“Xinyuan”) is an NYSE-listed real estate developer primarily in China and recently in other countries. In China, Xinyuan develops and manages large scale, high quality real estate projects in over ten tier one and tier two cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Qingdao, Chengdu, Xi’an, Suzhou, Dalian, Zhuhai and Foshan. Xinyuan was one of the first Chinese real estate developers to enter the U.S. market and over the past few years has been active in real estate development in New York. Xinyuan aims to provide comfortable and convenient real estate related products and services to middle-class consumers. For more information, please visit http://www.xyre.com.

 

 

 

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

Certain statements in this press release constitute “forward-looking statements”. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements includes statements about future debt and financial position, potential future collaborative efforts, among others, and can generally be identified by terminology such as “will”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “future”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates” and similar statements. Statements that are not historical statements are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including, but not limited to, our ability to continue to implement our business model successfully; our ability to secure adequate financing for our project development; our ability to successfully sell or complete our property projects under construction and planning; our ability to enter successfully into new geographic markets and new business lines and expand our operations; the marketing and sales ability of our third-party sales agents; the performance of our third-party contractors; the impact of laws, regulations and policies relating to real estate developers and the real estate industry in the countries in which we operate; our ability to obtain permits and licenses to carry on our business in compliance with applicable laws and regulations; competition from other real estate developers; the growth of the real estate industry in the markets in which we operate; the impact of pandemics, such as Covid-19, on the real estate market and the economies in our markets; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in the markets in which we operate; and other risks outlined in our public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or review publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statement is made.

 

For more information, please contact:

 

Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.

Mr. Sichao Zhang

Investor Relations

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

 

 

 

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