8-K: Current report filing
Published on June 8, 2009
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported): June 8, 2009
COMMONWEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Virginia | 001-13467 | 56-1641133 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
601 Biotech Drive
Richmond, Virginia 23235
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (804) 648-3820
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
| ¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
On June 8, 2009, the Registrant issued a press release announcing that it entered into an agreement (the Agreement) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of GL Biochem (Shanghai) Ltd (GL Biochem), a privately owned Shanghai-based chemical company and the largest supplier of research-grade peptide products and peptide reagents globally. The parties are currently negotiating a definitive agreement to be executed at a later date and the proposed transaction is further subject to the completion of a PCAOB-qualified audit of GL Biochem and the approval of the Registrants shareholders and lenders.
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
| (a) | Financial statements of businesses acquired. |
Not Applicable.
| (b) | Pro forma financial information. |
Not Applicable.
| (c) | Shell company transactions. |
Not Applicable.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
99.1 Press release, dated June 8, 2009.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| COMMONWEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Richard J. Freer, Ph.D. |
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| Richard J. Freer, Ph.D. | ||
| Chief Operating Officer | ||
Dated: June 8, 2009
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Number |
Description of Exhibit |
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated June 8, 2009. |