6-K
Regencell Bioscience Holdings Ltd (RGC)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May 2022
Commission File Number: 001-40617
Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited
11/F First Commercial Building
33-35 Leighton Road
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
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Lock-up of Directorsand Employees
All directors and employees who were previously granted stock options upon the Company’s IPO have agreed to a further lock-up undertaking for a period of six months after their stock options become vested; as their stock options are set to vest on July 16, 2022, their shares will remain locked up until January 16, 2023. A form of the lock-up undertaking is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Purchases of Ordinary Shares by ChiefExecutive Officer
Mr. Yat-Gai Au, the chairman and chief executive officer of Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited (the “Company”), has made purchases of ordinary shares in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) totaling $5.03 million. Based on his Schedule 13D filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) between July 27, 2021 and May 16, 2022, Mr. Au used an aggregate of $5.03 million of his personal funds to purchase Ordinary Shares through open-market purchases. According to the latest filing, following the purchases, Mr. Au owns a total of 10,539,159 Ordinary Shares, representing 81.0% of total issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares.
The timing, number and value of Ordinary Shares to be further purchased by Mr. Au, if any, will be determined by Mr. Au in his discretion and will depend on a variety of factors, including the market price of the Ordinary Shares, general market and economic conditions, available funds and applicable legal requirements.
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 16, 2022
| Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited | |
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| By: | /s/ Yat-Gai Au |
| Name: | Yat-Gai Au |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and <br><br>Chairman of the Board of Directors |
[Signature Page to Form 6-K]
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description |
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| 99.1 | Form of Letter of Lock-up Undertaking |
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Exhibit 99.1
FORM OF LETTER OF LOCK-UPUNDERTAKING
Date: May 6, 2022
From: __________________ (the “Optionee”)
| To: | Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited (the “Company”) |
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Pursuant to an agreement of option to purchase ordinary share of Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited dated June 9, 2021, the Company granted to the Optionee certain options (the “Options”) to purchase ordinary shares of the Company in the amounts set forth therein.
The Optionee hereby undertakes to the Company, within the period of one year and six months immediately following the closing of the initial public offering of the Company, not to, and to procure any entities controlled by the Optionee and any trusts of which the Optionee is a beneficiary not to, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of the Options or shares issued upon exercise of the Options.
The laws of New York shall govern the interpretation, validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of this letter agreement regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Optionee has executed this letter agreement as of the date first set forth above.
| Name: |
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Acknowledged by
Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited
| Yat-Gai Au |
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| Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to the Letter of Lock-up Undertaking]