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):
May 7, 2019
Future FinTech Group Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Florida | 000-34502 | 98-0222013 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
23F, China Development Bank Tower,
No. 2, Gaoxin 1st Road, Xi'an, China 710075
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(86-29) 8187-8277
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | FTFT | Nasdaq Stock Market |
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On May 7, 2019, Future FinTech Group Inc. (the "Company") received a written notification from the NASDAQ Stock Market Listing Qualifications Staff indicating that the Company has regained compliance with the $1.00 minimum closing bid price requirement for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market pursuant to NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”) and that the matter is now closed.
The closing bid price of the Company’s common stock has been at $1.00 per share or greater for at least 10 consecutive business days. Accordingly, the Company has regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.
On May 8, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company has regained compliance with Minimum Bid Price Requirement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
| (d) | Exhibits |
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit Title or Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release |
| 1 |
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.
| Future FinTech Group Inc. | ||
| Date: May 8, 2019 | By: | /s/ Yongke Xue |
| Name: | Yongke Xue | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| 2 |
Exhibit 99.1
Future FinTech Group Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Listing Requirement
XI’AN, China, May 8, 2019 -- Future FinTech Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FTFT; the “Company”), a financial technology company and integrated producer of fruit-related products, today announced that it has received a letter from the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Staff notifying the Company that it has regained compliance with NASDAQ’s minimum bid price requirements for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The letter noted that as a result of the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock having been at $1.00 per share or greater for at least ten consecutive business days, from April 11, 2019 to May 6, 2019, the Company has regained compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and the matter is now closed.
About Future FinTech Group Inc.
Future FinTech Group Inc. (“Future FinTech”, “FTFT” or the “Company”) is incorporated in Florida and engages in fruit juice and financial technology businesses. The Company engages in the research and development of digital asset systems based on blockchain technology and also operates an incubator for application projects using blockchain technology. The Company and its subsidiaries are developing blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies for a variety of B2B and B2C real-life applications including a variety of financial businesses and the distribution, marketing and sale of consumer products. FTFT is also developing an operational online shopping mall platform utilizing blockchain technology and the shared economy. For more information, please visit http://www.ftft.top/.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain of the statements made in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning and protections of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions, and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause the actual results, performance, capital, ownership or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through our use of words such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “should,” “indicate,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “plan,” “point to,” “project,” “could,” “intend,” “target” and other similar words and expressions of the future.
All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, including, without limitation, those risks and uncertainties described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and our other reports and filings with SEC. Such reports are available upon request from the Company, or from the Securities and Exchange Commission, including through the SEC’s Internet website at http://www.sec.gov. We have no obligation and do not undertake to update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking statements after the date hereof, or after the respective dates on which any such statements otherwise are made.
IR Contact:
Dragon Gate Investment Partners LLC
Tel: +1(646)-801-2803
Email: ftft@dgipl.com