UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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):
November 22, 2015
SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida | 000-34502 | 98-0222013 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
16F, China Development Bank Tower,
No. 2, Gaoxin 1st Road, Xi'an, China 710075
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(86-29) 8837-7216
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On November 22, 2015, SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”) received a resignation letter from Mr. Oliver Xin Ma, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Ma indicated that his resignation is for personal reasons.
On November 27, 2015, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Mr. Hanjun Zheng, age 43, as interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company, effective November 27, 2015.
Since December, 2009, Mr. Zheng has been serving as the Chief Financial Officer of SkyPeople Juice Group Co., Ltd. a company organized under the laws of China and a 99.78% indirectly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Zheng was the deputy general manager at Jingyang Branch of SkyPeople Juice Group Co., Ltd. from March, 2006 to November 2009. From May, 1994 to February, 2006, Mr. Zheng was the Financial Accounting Manager at Shaanxi Provincial Fruit Juice Processing Factory, a state-owned enterprise in Shaanxi, China.
Mr. Zheng earned his bachelor degree in accounting by passing Chinese National Self-Examination in Financial Accounting in 1996. Mr. Zheng graduated from Shaanxi Technical College of Finance and Economics and received his junior college degree in Financial Accounting in 1994. Mr. Zheng received additional training in Advanced Business Management and Advanced Financial and Accounting Management at Jiaotong University in March, 2011 and July, 2012 , respectively.
Mr. Zheng currently receives compensation of RMB 6,000 (approximately $960) per month from SkyPeople Juice Group Co., Ltd. and he will not receive any additional compensation from the Company in his new role of the interim CFO.
Mr. Zheng was not selected pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and any other person. There are no family relationships between Mr. Zheng and any of the directors and executive officers of the Company.
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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.
SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. | ||
Date: November 27, 2015 | By: | /s/ Yongke Xue |
Name: | Yongke Xue | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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