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 June, 2011.
Commission File Number 001-33878
Gushan Environmental Energy Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
No. 37, Golden Pond Road, Golden Mountain Industrial District, Fuzhou City,
Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China
(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 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):
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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- .
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Gushan Environmental Energy Limited | ||||
| (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: June 20, 2011 | By | /s/ Frank Ngai Chi Chan | ||
| (Signature) | ||||
Frank Ngai Chi Chan Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | ||||
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GUSHAN FILES ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F
NEW YORK, June 20, 2011 – Gushan Environmental Energy Limited (“Gushan” or the “Company”; NYSE: GU), a leading producer of biodiesel in China, today announced that its Annual Report on Form 20-F, which includes audited financial statements for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 (“Form 20-F”), has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form 20-F has been posted on the Company’s website athttp://www.chinagushan.com/en/, under the “Investor Relations” section and is also available online athttp://www.sec.gov.
Shareholders may receive a hard copy of the Company’s complete audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010, free of charge upon request by contacting +852-2587 7212 by telephone orir@chinagushan.com by e-mail.
About Gushan Environmental Energy Limited
Gushan is a leader in the China biodiesel industry, in terms of annual production capacity, and one of the leading biodiesel producers in Asia, in terms of nominal capacity. Gushan produces biodiesel, a renewable, clean-burning and biodegradable fuel and a raw material used to produce chemical products, primarily from vegetable oil offal and used cooking oil, and by-products from biodiesel production, including glycerine, plant asphalt, erucic acid and erucic amide. Gushan sells biodiesel directly to users, such as marine vessel operators and chemical factories, as well as to petroleum wholesalers and individual retail gas stations. The Company has seven production facilities, located in the Sichuan, Hebei, Fujian and Hunan provinces and in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, with a combined annual production capacity of 390,000 tons. Gushan’s Hebei and Beijing production facilities are currently in operation. Gushan also operates a recycled copper business through Mianyang Jin Xin Copper Company Limited (“Jin Xin”), a 75%-owned subsidiary, that manufactures copper rods, copper wires and copper granules from recycled copper in Sichuan. Jin Xin has one plant in Sichuan, with a daily production capacity of approximately 160 tons of recycled copper products.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “will,” “may,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “aim,” “target,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “estimate,” “potential,” “continue,” and other similar statements. Statements other than statements of historical facts in this press release are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, the Company’s expectations regarding the expansion of its production capacities, its future business development, and its beliefs regarding its production output. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the Company and the industry. Important risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual results to be materially different from expectations include but are not limited to the effect of any applicable government policy, law or regulation, of natural disasters, and of intensifying competition in the biodiesel and alternative energy industries, the availability of suitable raw materials to the Company, and the risks set forth in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including on Form 20-F. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that its expectations will turn out to be correct, and investors are cautioned that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results.
For further information, please contact:
| US | Asia | |
| Elizabeth Cheek | Rico Ngai | |
| Hill & Knowlton (New York) | Hill & Knowlton (Hong Kong) | |
| Tel: (1) 212 885 0682 | Tel: (852) 2894 6204 | |
| Email:elizabeth.cheek@hillandknowlton.com | Email:rico.ngai@hillandknowlton.com.hk |
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