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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): April 15, 2021

 

PINGTAN MARINE ENTERPRISE LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands   001-35192   n/a
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

18/F, Zhongshan Building A
No. 154 Hudong Road
Fuzhou, PRC
  350001
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

+86 (591) 8727-1753

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, $0.001 par value   PME   The NASDAQ Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

On April 15, 2021, Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. (the “Company”) received a notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that, due to the delay in the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Form 10-K”), the Company is not in compliance with the timely filing requirement for continued listing under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1). Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic financial reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s ordinary shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

The Notice states that the Company has 60 calendar days, or until June 14, 2021, to submit to Nasdaq a plan to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules. If Nasdaq accepts the Company’s plan, then Nasdaq may grant the Company up to 180 days from the prescribed due date for filing the Form 10-K (as extended pursuant to Rule 12b-25 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), or until October 12, 2021, to regain compliance.

 

The Company’s management is working diligently to complete the Form 10-K and intends to file the Form 10-K with the SEC as soon as practicable.

 

  Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On April 19, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing, its receipt of the Notice. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

  Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) EXHIBITS

 

 99.1

  Press Release of Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd., dated April 19, 2021.
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document).

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: April 19, 2021

 

  Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd.
     
  By: /s/ LiMing Yung
  Name:  LiMing Yung
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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