6-K 1 tm218699d1_6k.htm 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
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of March 2021

 

Commission File Number 001-39360

 

  SKILLFUL CRAFTSMAN EDUCATION
TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
 
  (Translation of registrant’s name into English)  

 

  Floor 4, Building 1, No. 311, Yanxin Road
Huishan District, Wuxi
Jiangsu Province, PRC 214000
 
  (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.

 

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

 

Resignation of a Board Member

 

On February 17, 2021, Teoh Chun Hiah resigned from the Board of Directors (the “Board”), member of the Audit Committee and Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Skillful Craftsman Education Technology Limited (the “Company”) due to her personal reasons. Ms. Teoh’s decision to resign did not arise or result from any disagreement with the Board or the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

 

Appointment of a Board Member

 

Effective on March 3, 2021, the Board appointed Steven Yuan Ning Sim to serve as a director on the Board, member of the Audit Committee and Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to fill in the vacancy created by Ms. Teoh’s resignation until the Company’s next general meeting called for the election of directors.

 

Mr. Steven Yuan Ning Sim is the chief financial officer of Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: PT), an independent technology company enabling financial services in China since October 2016. Mr. Sim has over 15 years of audit and financial management experience. Previously, Mr. Sim served as vice president of finance at Sohu.com Inc. from 2014 to 2016. From 2011 to 2014, he served as chief financial officer at Leyou Inc., a leading multi-channel baby and maternity platform in China. Mr. Sim served in various capacities at leading public accounting firms including Deloitte & Touche in Beijing, KPMG Europe LLP in London, and Ernst & Young and BDO Raffles in Singapore between 2001 and 2010. Mr. Sim obtained his bachelor’s degree in applied accounting from Oxford Brooks University in 2002 and his MBA degree from European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD) in 2010. Mr. Sim is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

 

Mr. Sim has no family relationships with any of the executive officers or directors of the Company. There are no arrangements or understandings with major shareholders, customers, suppliers or others, pursuant to which Mr. Sim was selected as a director.

 

On March 3, 2021, the Company entered into a Director Offer Letter with Mr. Sim pursuant to which Mr. Sim shall receive an annual compensation of $21,600. The Director Offer Letter is qualified in its entirety by reference to its complete text, which is filed hereto as Exhibits 99.1.

 

  

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
     
99.1   Director Offer Letter, dated March 3, 2021, by and between the Company and Steven Yuan Ning Sim
99.2   Press release dated March 4, 2021

 

  

 

 

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.

 

  SKILLFUL CRAFTSMAN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  (Registrant)
   
Date: March 4, 2021 By: /s/ Xiaofeng Gao
    Xiaofeng Gao
    Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors