Current Report Filing (8-k)
June 06 2018 - 4:32PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): June 4, 2018
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Delaware
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000-55709
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47-1685128
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification Number)
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4400 Route 9 South, Suite 3100, Freehold,
New Jersey 07728
(Address of principal executive offices)
(zip code)
646-762-4517
(Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code)
Copies to:
Stephen M. Fleming, Esq.
Fleming PLLC
30 Wall Street, 8
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Floor
New York, New York 10005
Phone: (516) 833-5034
Fax: (516) 977-1209
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate
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Item 1.01
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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Item 3.01
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Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
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Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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Appointment
of New Director – Tevi Troy
On
June 4, 2018, Tevi Troy was appointed to the Board of Directors of Avalon GloboCare Corp. (the “Company”) to serve
as a director of the Company. In addition, the Company expects to appoint Dr. Troy as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee upon formation. Dr. Troy entered into an agreement pursuant to which he will serve as a director. The director
agreement provides that he will receive options to acquire 40,000 shares of common stock per year commencing January 1, 2019 at
an exercise price equal to the closing price on December 31st of the prior year. The options shall vest in equal amounts quarterly
and shall be exercisable for a period of five years. For 2018, the Company granted Dr. Troy options to acquire 20,000 shares of
common stock at an exercise price of $2.30 for a term of five years with 10,000 options vesting immediately and the balance vesting
October 1, 2018. In addition, Dr. Troy will receive $5,000 per quarter for serving as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee commencing upon formation.
There
is no understanding or arrangement between Dr. Troy and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as director. Dr.
Troy does not have any family relationship with any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by us to become a
director or an executive officer. Dr. Troy has not had direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed
transaction, in which the Company was or is a proposed participant, exceeding $120,000.
Since February 2018,
Dr. Troy has served as Vice President of Public Policy for Juul Labs. From 2014 to 2018, Dr. was the founder and CEO of the American
Health Policy Institute. Before that, Dr. Troy was Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, where he remains an Adjunct Fellow. He has
also been a Researcher at the American Enterprise Institute. On August 3, 2007, Dr. Troy was unanimously confirmed by the U.S.
Senate as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As Deputy Secretary, Dr. Troy was the chief
operating officer of the largest civilian department in the federal government, with a budget of $716 billion and over 67,000 employees.
Dr. Troy has extensive White House experience, having served in several high-level positions over a five-year period, culminating
in his service as Deputy Assistant and then Acting Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. Dr. Troy has held high-level
positions on Capitol Hill as well. From 1998 to 2000, Dr. Troy served as the Policy Director for Senator John Ashcroft. From 1996
to 1998, Dr. Troy was Senior Domestic Policy Adviser and later Domestic Policy Director for the House Policy Committee, chaired
by Christopher Cox. In addition to his senior level government work and health care expertise, Dr. Troy is also a presidential
historian, making him one of only a handful of historians who has both studied the White House as a historian and worked there
at the highest levels. He is the author of the best-selling book,
What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years
of Popular Culture in the White House
, as well as
Intellectuals and the American Presidency: Philosophers, Jesters, or Technicians?
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and has written over 250 published articles, for
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
, and many
other publications. His latest book is
Shall We Wake the President? Two Centuries of Disaster Management in the Oval Office
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He is a frequent television and radio analyst, and has appeared on CNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News, and The NewsHour, among other outlets.
Dr. Troy’s many other affiliations include: contributing editor for
Washingtonian
magazine; member of the publication committee
of
National Affairs
; member of the Board of Fellows of the Jewish Policy Center; a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute; and a member of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel examining the United States’ readiness
to address bioterrorism and naturally occurring outbreaks. In 2012, he was a Special Policy Adviser to the Mitt Romney presidential
campaign and served as Director of Domestic Policy for the nascent Romney transition. Dr. Troy has a B.S. in Industrial and Labor
Relations from Cornell University and an M.A and Ph.D. in American Civilization from the University of Texas at Austin.
Item
8.01 Other Events
Joint Venture - Airuikang Biological
Technology Co., Ltd.
On May 29, 2018, Avalon
(Shanghai) Healthcare Technology Co., Ltd. (“Avalon Shanghai”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company entered into
a Joint Venture Agreement with Jiangsu Unicorn Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (“Unicorn”) pursuant to which the parties
agreed to establish a company named Airuikang Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (“ABT”), which will be owned 60% by Unicorn
and 40% by Avalon Shanghai. Within two years of execution of the Joint Venture Agreement, Unicorn shall invest cash into ABT in
an amount not less than RMB 8,000,000 Yuan and the premises of the laboratories of Nanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine for exclusive
use by the ABT, and Avalon Shanghai shall invest cash into ABT in an amount not less than 10,000,000 Yuan. The board of directors
of ABT shall consist of five members with Unicorn appointing three members and Avalon Shanghai appointing two members. ABT will
be focused on cell preparation, third party testing, biological sample repository for commercial and scientific research purposes
and the clinical transformation of scientific achievements.
The foregoing information
is a summary of each of the agreements involved in the transactions described above, is not complete, and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the full text of those agreements, each of which is attached an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Readers
should review those agreements for a complete understanding of the terms and conditions associated with this transaction.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
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 hereunto duly
authorized.
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AVALON GLOBOCARE CORP.
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Dated: June 6, 2018
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By:
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/s/ Luisa Ingargiola
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Name: Luisa Ingargiola
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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