6-K 1 v334063_6k.htm FORM 6-K

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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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 February 2013

 

Commission File Number: 001-34541

 

CHINA CORD BLOOD CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

48th Floor, Bank of China Tower
1 Garden Road
Central
Hong Kong S.A.R.
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x                 Form 40-F ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Yes ¨                   No x

 

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-_______________.

  

 
 

 

This report and each of the exhibits to this report are hereby incorporated by reference into the registration statements on Form F-3 (No. 333-168873 and No. 333-183143) of the Company.

 

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

 

On February 7, 2013, Favorable Fort Limited (“Favorable Fort”), an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of China Cord Blood Corporation (the “Company”), consummated the transaction provided for in a shares purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Cordlife Services (S) Pte. Ltd., a company limited by shares incorporated in Singapore (“Cordlife Services”), pursuant to which Favorable Fort repurchased the 17% of its outstanding ordinary shares not already indirectly owned by the Company from Cordlife Services for a total purchase price of approximately $8.65 million. As a result of such repurchase, Favorable Fort is now an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

This transaction was initially disclosed in the Company’s Report of Foreign Issuer on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on December 6, 2012.

 

Other Events

 

On February 7, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the transaction. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as exhibit 15.1.

  

Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
15.1   Press release, dated February 7, 2013

  

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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.

 

  CHINA CORD BLOOD CORPORATION  
     
  By: /s/ Albert Chen  
  Name: Albert Chen  
  Title: Chief Financial Officer  

 

Dated: February 7, 2013

 

 

 
 

 

Exhibit Index:

 

Exhibit No.   Description
15.1   Press release, dated February 7, 2013