UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 6-K
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REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Month of January 2014
Commission File Number 001-34615
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
1 Jingke Road
Shangrao Economic Development Zone
Jiangxi Province, 334100
People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
| JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. | |||
| By: | /s/ Longgen Zhang | ||
| Name: | Longgen Zhang | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: January 22, 2014
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JinkoSolar
Closes Concurrent Offerings of 3,750,000 American Depositary Shares and
US$150.0 Million Convertible Senior Notes
SHANGHAI, January 22, 2014 / -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced the closing of its offering of 3,750,000 American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”), each representing four ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.00002 per share (the “ADS Offering”). The Company also closed the concurrent offering of US$150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.00% convertible senior notes due 2019 (the “Notes”), including US$20.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes sold pursuant to the initial purchaser’s full exercise of its option to purchase additional Notes (the “Notes Offering”). The Company received aggregate net proceeds of approximately US$272.1 million from these offerings, after deducting discounts and commissions but before offering expenses.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC acted as sole book-running manager for the ADS Offering and the Notes Offering.
The ADS Offering has been made pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form F-3 originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2013, as amended, which became effective on August 15, 2013, and a registration statement on Form F-3 pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which became effective on January 16, 2014. The Company’s registration statement on Form F-3 and final prospectus supplement are available from the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus describing the ADS Offering may be obtained by contacting Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, at Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010-3629 or by telephone at (800) 221-1037.
The Notes have been offered to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and to non-U.S. persons outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes, the ADSs deliverable upon conversion of the Notes and the ordinary shares represented thereby have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other place, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor will there be any sale of the securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About JinkoSolar Holdings Co., Ltd.
JinkoSolar is a global leader in the solar PV industry with production operations in Jiangxi and Zhejiang Provinces in China and sales and marketing offices in Shanghai and Beijing, China; Munich, Germany; Bologna, Italy; Zug, Switzerland; San Francisco, the United States; Queensland, Australia; Ontario, Canada; Singapore; Tokyo, Japan; and Cape Town, South Africa.
JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of approximately 1.5 GW each for silicon ingots, wafers, and solar PV cells, and approximately 2.0 GW for solar PV modules, as of December 31, 2013. JinkoSolar sells electricity in China and distributes its solar products to a diversified customer base in the global PV market, including Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, the United States, Eastern Europe, China, India, Japan, South Africa, and other countries and regions.
To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements constitute “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends, ”plans,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this press release and the Company’s operations and business outlook, contain forward-looking statements. Such statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in JinkoSolar’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 20-F. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Sebastian Liu
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
Tel: +86 21 6061 1792
Email: ir@jinkosolar.com
Christian Arnell
Christensen
Tel: +86-10-5826-4939
Email: carnell@christensenir.com
In the U.S.:
Jeff Bloker
Christensen
Tel: +1-480-614-3003
Email: jbloker@christensenir.com
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