6-K 1 ea0204701-6k_chinajojo.htm REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
 

 

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 April 2024

 

Commission File Number: 001-40724

 

CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

4th Floor, Building 5, Renxin Yaju, Gong Shu District

Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China, 310014
(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 ☒             Form 40-F ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”) furnishes under the cover of Form 6-K the following:

 

On February 22, 2024, the Company’s shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders approved by special resolution, among other things, a Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company (the “Articles”). The Company’s Articles, made effective on March 1, 2024, authorized a share capital of US$36,010,000, which is divided into (i) 150,000,000 Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.24 each, and (ii) 10,000,000 preferred shares of a par value of US$0.001 each. A copy of the Articles is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1.

 

On April 29, 2024, the Company entered into certain Share Purchase Agreements (the “Purchase Agreement”) with several investors (the “Investors”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Investors, and the Investors agreed to purchase from the Company, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 900,000 ordinary shares (the “Shares”), par value $0.24 per share, of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”), at a purchase price of $1.70 per Share (the “Purchase Price”), for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $1,530,000.

 

Net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Shares (the “Offering”), after deducting estimated Offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $1.48 million. The Offering is expected to close on or about April 30, 2024, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

 

The Offering is being made pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-259692), which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2021 and was declared effective on December 19, 2022.

 

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full texts of the Form of Purchase Agreement, a copy of each of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

A copy of the opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman LLP relating to the validity of the securities to be issued in the Offering is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.

 

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
3.1   Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
5.1   Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman LLP
10.1   Form of Purchase Agreement(1)
99.1   Pricing Press Release dated April 29, 2024

 

(1) The schedule to this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted information to the SEC upon its request.

 

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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.

 

Date: April 29, 2024 CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Lei Liu  
  Name:  Lei Liu
  Title:  Chief Executive Officer

 

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