0001657784-16-000002.txt : 20160914 0001657784-16-000002.hdr.sgml : 20160914 20160914165153 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001657784-16-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160907 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160914 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160914 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: American Lorain CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001117057 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CANNED, FROZEN & PRESERVED FRUIT, VEG & FOOD SPECIALTIES [2030] IRS NUMBER: 870430320 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: BEIHUAN ROAD STREET 2: JUNAN COUNTY CITY: SHANDONG STATE: F4 ZIP: 276600 BUSINESS PHONE: (86) 539-7317959 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: BEIHUAN ROAD STREET 2: JUNAN COUNTY CITY: SHANDONG STATE: F4 ZIP: 276600 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: American CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070806 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: American Lorain CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070801 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MILLENNIUM QUEST INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000622 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KfW CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000821533 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS [8888] FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34449 FILM NUMBER: 161885511 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PALMENGARTENSTRASSE STREET 2: 5 - 9 CITY: FRANKFURT AM MAIN STATE: 2M ZIP: 60325 BUSINESS PHONE: 496974310 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PALMENGARTENSTRASSE STREET 2: 5-9 CITY: FRANKFURT AM MAIN STATE: 2M ZIP: 60325 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KREDITANSTALT FUER WIEDERAUFBAU DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940826 3 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2016-09-07 0 0001117057 American Lorain CORP ALN 0000821533 KfW PALMENGARTENSTRASSE 5-9 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 2M 60325 GERMANY 0 0 1 0 Common Stock, par value $0.001 10794066 I Parent of pledgee EXHIBIT A to Form 3 Explanation of Responses The Reporting Person DEG- Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH is the lender under that certain full recourse Loan Agreement, dated May 31, 2010, (the "Loan Agreement"), by and among the Reporting Person, the Issuer, its subsidiary Junan Hongrun Foodstuff Co., Ltd. ("Junan Hongrun" and together with the Issuer, the "Borrower") and the Issuer's chief executive officer, Mr. Si Chen, pursuant to which the Reporting Person made a loan (the "Loan") of approximately $15 million to the Borrower. Mr. Chen initially pledged 5,313,574 shares of Common Stock for the benefit of the Reporting Person in order to secure the obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Agreement pursuant to that certain Share Pledge Agreement dated as of October 19, 2010 (the "Pledge Agreement"). Pursuant to a letter agreement, dated November 15, 2012, Mr. Chen subsequently pledged an additional 5,480,492 shares of Common Stock to the Reporting Person under the Pledge Agreement. By written notice dated September 7, 2016, the Reporting Person notified the Agent under the Pledge Agreement that the Borrower was in default under the Loan Agreement and that the Reporting Person was exercising its right under the Pledge Agreement to have the pledged shares registered in its name. Under the Pledge Agreement, the Reporting Person has the right to sell the shares and apply the proceeds to the repayment of the Loan. The Reporting Person is joined by its parent entity (Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau) as an additional beneficial owner in filing its own Form 3. Lothar Lammers, Director Special Operations 2016-09-07 Guido Reckmann, Senior Counsel 2016-09-07