JZXN Jiuzi Holdings Inc

 

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 January 2023

 

Commission file number: 001-40405

 

JIUZI HOLDINGS INC.

(Registrant’s name)

 

No.168 Qianjiang Nongchang Gengwen Road, 15^th Floor

Economic and Technological Development Zone

Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City

Zhejiang Province 310000

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive office)

 

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On November 10, 2022, Zhejiang Jiuzi New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd.(“Zhejiang Jiuzi”), the variable interest entity (the “VIE”) of Jiuzi Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a termination agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) with Zhejiang Navalant New Energy Automobile Co. Ltd., a wholly foreign-owned entity of the Company (“Jiuzi WFOE”), pursuant to which the Exclusive Option Agreement, the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement and the Equity Pledge Agreement (collectively, the “VIE agreements”) entered into among Zhejiang Jiuzi, Jiuzi WFOE and certain shareholders of Zhejiang Jiuzi shall be terminated effective upon the conditions are met. On November 10, 2022, with approval of Jiuzi WFOE and approval of the board of directors of Zhejiang Jiuzi, Zhejiang Jiuzi issued 0.1% equity interest in Zhejiang Jiuzi to a third-party investor. The issuance was completed on November 27, 2022. On January 20, 2023, Jiuzi WFOE exercised its call option under the Exclusive Option Agreements dated June 15, 2020 with certain shareholder of Zhejiang Jiuzi and entered into equity transfer agreements with all the shareholders of Zhejiang Jiuzi to purchase all the equity interest in Zhejiang Jiuzi. The transaction underlying the equity transfer agreement was completed and the VIE Agreements were terminated pursuant to the Termination Agreement on January 20, 2023. As a result, Zhejiang Jiuzi became a wholly owned subsidiary of Jiuzi WFOE and the VIE structure is dissolved.

 

Exhibits

 

10.1	Termination Agreement Regarding Existing VIE Agreement dated November 10, 2022

 

 

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.

 

Date: February 23, 2023	JIUZI HOLDINGS INC.
	By:	/s/ Shuibo Zhang
	Name:	Shuibo Zhang
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

 

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