UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September 17, 2019 (September 11, 2019)
Bat Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-36055 | 45-4077653 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Room 104, No. 33 Section D,
No. 6 Middle Xierqi Road,
Haidian District, Beijing, China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
+86 (010) 59441080
(Issuer’s telephone number)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common Stock, par value $0.001 | GLG | Nasdaq Capital Market |
Item 8.01 Other Events.
Nasdaq Compliance
On September 16, 2019, Bat Group, Inc. (the “Company”) received a written notification from the NASDAQ Stock Market Listing Qualifications Staff (the “Staff”) indicating that the Company has regained compliance with the shareholder approval requirements set forth in Listing Rule 5635(d) and the Listing of Additional Shares notification requirements under Listing Rule 5250(e)(2)(D) for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market based on the Staff’s review of the Company’s submitted materials.
Formation of Risk Committee
As disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 18, 2019, the Company agreed to adopt and maintain certain corporate governance reforms (the “Reforms”) for at least three years following the final order and judgment approving the settlement of the shareholder derivative action on July 11, 2019.
As part of the Reforms, on September 11, 2019, the board of directors of the Company (the “Board’) adopted a resolution formally designating its Audit Committee to act concomitantly as a Risk Committee. The Risk Committee’s duties shall specifically include:
· | Meeting at least twice annually, in executive sessions at which management directors are not present; |
· | Monitoring the Company and employee compliance with all risk assessment and reporting procedures; |
· | Identifying material risks relating to the Company’s internal controls, as well as relevant considerations relating to the Company’s disclosures of these risks; and |
· | Monitoring annual training sessions for the Board covering the following topics: |
o | Corporate governance; |
o | Risk assessment; and |
o | Public company reporting. |
The Risk Committee shall consist of Kecen Liu, Siyuan Zhu, and Jialin Cui, where Ms. Siyuan Zhu serves as the chairwoman. All members of our Risk Committee are qualified as independent under the current definition promulgated by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.
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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.
BAT GROUP, INC. | |||
Date: September 17, 2019 | By: | /s/ Jiaxi Gao | |
Name: | Jiaxi Gao | ||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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