UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 November 2013
Commission File No.: 001-35273
VIEWTRAN GROUP, INC.
Room 1501, Tower C, Skyworth Building,
High-Tech Industrial Park,
Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, PRC
(Address of Principal Executive Offices.)
Cogo Group, Inc.
(former name)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-Fx Form 40-F¨
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Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
Viewtran Group, Inc. (formerly known as Cogo Group, Inc.) (the “Company”) previously filled a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K dated October 2013 pursuant to which it filed a notice of annual meeting and proxy statement. The proxy statement contained a proposal relating to the approval of a transaction with Brilliant Group Global Limited (“Brilliant Group”), a company owned and controlled by Jeffrey Kang, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. As described in the proxy statement, the transaction with Brilliant Group provided for the sale of certain subsidiaries of the Company related to the Company’s components business to Brilliant Group for $80 million. The transaction with Brilliant Group closed on November 22, 2013.
The subsidiaries sold represented approximately 76% of the Company’s revenues in 2012 and 41% of the Company’s non-cash assets in 2012. The entire $80 million purchase price was paid in full as of November 22, 2013.
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or By-laws; Change in Fiscal Year.
In connection with the closing of the transaction with Brilliant Group described above, the Company changed its name to Viewtran Group, Inc. on November 20, 2013.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibits:
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated November 26, 2013 |
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.
| VIEWTRAN GROUP, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/Jeffrey Kang | ||
| Name: | Jeffrey Kang | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
Dated: December 2, 2013
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated November 26, 2013 |
