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 March 2024
Commission file number: 001-41568
Erayak Power Solution Group Inc.
(Registrant’s name)
No. 528, 4th Avenue
Binhai Industrial Park
Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province
People’s Republic of China 325025
(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.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
This report of foreign private issuer on Form 6-K is being filed to disclose the home country rule exemption of Erayak Power Solution Group Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), that it intends to disclose in its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
As a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands that is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), the Company is subject to Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards. Under Nasdaq rules, a foreign private issuer may, in general, follow its home country corporate governance practices in lieu of some of the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements. Pursuant to the home country rule exemption set forth under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5615(a)(3)(A), which provides (with certain exceptions not relevant to the conclusions expressed herein) that a foreign private issuer may follow its home country practice in lieu of the requirements of the Nasdaq Listing Rules 5600 Series, 5250(b)(3) and 5250(d), the Company elected to be exempt from Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635, which sets forth (A) the circumstances under which shareholder approval is required prior to an issuance of securities in connection with: (a) the acquisition of the stock or assets of another company, (b) equity-based compensation of officers, directors, employees or consultants, (c) a change of control, and (d) transactions other than public offerings; (B) general provisions relating to shareholder approval; and (C) the financial viability exception to the shareholder approval requirement.
Harney Westwood & Riegels, the Company’s Cayman Islands counsel, has provided a letter to Nasdaq certifying that under Cayman Islands law, the Company is not required to comply with above-mentioned requirements.
Except for the foregoing, there is no significant difference between the Company’s corporate governance practices and what Nasdaq requires of domestic U.S. companies.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number |
Description | |
99.1 | Home Country Exemption Letter |
SIGNATURE
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.
Erayak Power Solution Group Inc. | ||
Dated: March 20, 2024 | By: | /s/ Lingyi Kong |
Lingyi Kong | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Harney Westwood & Riegels 3501 The Center 99 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong Tel: +852 5806 7800 Fax: +852 5806 7810 |
7 March 2024
raymond.ng@harneys.com
+852 5806 7883
048427-0031-RLN
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Listing Qualifications
805 King Farm Blvd.
Rockville, Maryland 20850
United States of America
Dear Sir or Madam
ERAYAK Power Solution Group Inc., Company No 352596 (the Company)
We act as legal counsel to the Company for matters of Cayman Islands law only.
We understand from the Company’s legal counsel as to matters of United States law that:
1. | the Rule 5600 Series of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules sets forth certain corporate governance requirements for Nasdaq-listed companies; |
2. | Rule 5635 sets forth the circumstances under which shareholder approval is required prior to an issuance of securities in connection with (i) the acquisition of the stock or assets of another company, (ii) equity-based compensation of officers, directors, employees or consultants, (iii) a change of control and (iv) transactions other than public offerings; and |
3. | Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5615(a)(3)(A) provides (with certain exceptions not relevant to the conclusions expressed herein) that a Foreign Private Issuer may follow its home country practice in lieu of the requirements of the Rule 5600 Series, the requirement to disclose third party director and nominee compensation set forth in Rule 5250(b)(3), and the requirement to distribute annual and interim reports set forth in Rule 5250(d), but Nasdaq Information Memorandum IM-5615-3 provides that a Foreign Private Issuer that elects to follow country practice in lieu of a requirement of Rules 5600, 5250(b)(3) or 5250(d) shall submit to Nasdaq a written statement from an independent counsel in such company’s home country certifying that the company’s practices are not prohibited by the home country’s laws. |
We understand the Company has elected to follow Cayman Islands practices in lieu of the requirements of Rule 5635 of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules. Based on the above, we can confirm that:
A. | the Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands; and |
B. | the Company’s practice of following the provisions of the laws of the Cayman Islands and its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in lieu of the Nasdaq Stock Market Marketplace Rules noted above is not prohibited under any statutory legal provision of the Cayman Islands or the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. |
For the purposes of this opinion, we have examined the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company adopted by a special resolution passed on 5 November 2021, and such other legislation and regulation as we deemed necessary or relevant, as in effect (and published or otherwise generally available) on the date of this opinion.
This opinion is confined to the matters expressly opined on herein and given on the basis of the laws of the Cayman Islands as they are in force and applied by the Cayman Islands courts at the date of this opinion. We have made no investigation of, and express no opinion on, the laws of any other jurisdiction. Specifically, we have made no independent investigation of the laws of the United States of America or the Nasdaq Stock Market Marketplace Rules and we have assumed that there is nothing under any other law or regulation that would affect or vary the above statements. We express no opinion as to matters of fact. We express no opinion with respect to the commercial terms of the transactions the subject of this opinion.
This opinion is rendered for your benefit and the benefit of your legal counsel (in that capacity only) in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Listing. It may be disclosed to your successors and assigns only with our prior written consent. It may not be disclosed to or relied on by any other party or for any other purpose.
Yours faithfully |
/s/ Harney Westwood & Riegels |
Harney Westwood & Riegels |
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