Current Report Filing (8-k)

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)

September 30, 2020

Retractable Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas	001-16465	75-2599762
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

511 Lobo Lane, Little Elm, Texas		75068-5295
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

(972) 294-1010

None

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

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	RVP	NYSE American

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):

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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).

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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 30, 2020, Retractable Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) completed an exchange under an Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Preferred Stock (the “Agreement”) dated as of August 31, 2020 with one preferred shareholder, Sovana Cayman Islands, whereby the Company will pay the shareholder $3,000,000 million in cash over a three-year period beginning February 2021 and immediately issue 600,000 shares of Common Stock in return for 300,000 shares of Series IV Class B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) of the Company. In addition, the Agreement provides for a transfer to the Company of all rights associated with the Preferred Stock, including $6,091,233 of dividends in arrears. Future dividend requirements to the preferred shareholder of $300,000 per year will cease.

The Common Stock is being issued in reliance on exemptions from registration provided by Sections 3(a)(9) and 18(b)(4) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

A copy of the Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing description of the Agreement is a summary and does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

10.1

Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Preferred Stock.

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: October 5, 2020	RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	(Registrant)


	BY:	/s/ JOHN W. FORT III
		JOHN W. FORT III
		VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER