6-K

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 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of September 2021

Commission File Number: 001- 39167

Molecular Data Inc.

11/F, Building 15, 2177 Shenkun Road

Minhang District, Shanghai 201106

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      ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The documents attached as exhibit 5.1, 8.1 and 23.2 to this Form 6-K are hereby incorporated by reference into the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2021 (Registration No. 333-256451), and amended on June 11, 2021, and shall be a part thereof from the date on which this current report is furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
5.1	Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP
8.1	Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP
23.2	Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

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, thereunto duly authorized.

Molecular Data Inc.
By	:	/s/ Steven Foo
Name	:	Steven Foo
Title	:	Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 13, 2021

EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

Our ref KON/780545-000003/20841170v1

Molecular Data Inc.

11/F, Building 15, 2177 Shenkun Road

Minhang District, Shanghai 201106

People’s Republic of China

13 September 2021

Molecular Data Inc.

We have acted as Cayman Islands legal advisers to Molecular Data Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-256451), including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on 11 June 2021, and the prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement dated 13 September 2021 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), relating to the direct registration offering by the Company of 6,000,000 American depositary shares (the “ADSs”) representing the Company’s Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.00005 each (the “Shares”).

We are furnishing this opinion as Exhibits 5.1, 8.1 and 23.2 to the Registration Statement.

1 Documents Reviewed

For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have reviewed only originals, copies or final drafts of the following documents:

1.1 The certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 28 February 2018.

1.2 The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company as conditionally adopted by a special resolution passed on 8 October 2019 and effective immediately prior to the completion of the Company’s initial public offering of the ADSs representing the Shares (the “Memorandum and Articles”).

1.3 The written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 24 August 2021 (the “Directors Resolutions”).

1.4 A certificate from a director of the Company, a copy of which is attached to this opinion letter (the “Director’s Certificate”).

1.5 A certificate of good standing with respect to the Company issued by the Registrar of Companies dated 2 March 2021 (the “Certificate of Good Standing”).

1.6 The Registration Statement.

1.7 The Prospectus Supplement.

2 Assumptions

The following opinions are given only as to, and based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion letter. These opinions only relate to the laws of the Cayman Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion letter. In giving these opinions we have relied (without further verification) upon the completeness and accuracy, as of the date of this opinion letter, of the Director’s Certificate and the Certificate of Good Standing. We have also relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:

2.1 Copies of documents, conformed copies or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals.

2.2 All signatures, initials and seals are genuine.

2.3 There is nothing under any law (other than the laws of the Cayman Islands), which would or might affect the opinions set out below.

3 Opinion

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set out below and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

3.1 The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing with the Registrar of Companies under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

3.2 The authorised share capital of the Company is US$50,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 shares, comprising (i) 550,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.00005 each, (ii) 350,000,000 Class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.00005 each, and (iii) 100,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.00005 each of such class or classes (however designated) as the board of directors may determine in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles.

3.3 The issue and allotment of the Shares have been duly authorised and when allotted, issued and paid for as contemplated in the Registration Statement and Prospectus Supplement, the Shares will be legally issued and allotted, fully paid and non-assessable. As a matter of Cayman law, a share is only issued when it has been entered in the register of members (shareholders).

3.4 The statements under the caption “Taxation” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, to the extent that they constitute statements of Cayman Islands law, are accurate in all material respects and that such statements constitute our opinion.

4 Qualifications

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:

4.1 To maintain the Company in good standing with the Registrar of Companies under the laws of the Cayman Islands, annual filing fees must be paid and returns made to the Registrar of Companies within the time frame prescribed by law.

4.2 Under the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands (the “Companies Act”), the register of members of a Cayman Islands company is by statute regarded as prima facie evidence of any matters which the Companies Act directs or authorises to be inserted therein. A third party interest in the shares in question would not appear. An entry in the register of members may yield to a court order for rectification (for example, in the event of fraud or manifest error).

4.3 In this opinion the phrase “non-assessable” means, with respect to shares in the Company, that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder and in absence of a contractual arrangement, or an obligation pursuant to the memorandum and articles of association, to the contrary, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the shares by the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

Except as specifically stated herein, we make no comment with respect to any representations and warranties which may be made by or with respect to the Company in any of the documents or instruments cited in this opinion or otherwise with respect to the commercial terms of the transactions the subject of this opinion.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our name in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Yours faithfully

/s/ Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP

Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP

Director’s Certificate