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):  June 21, 2012

 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Nevada	001-34577	20-4158835
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)		Identification No.)

 

Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Road Xushui County, Baoding City Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  011 - (86) 312-8605508 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Item 7.01      Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On June 21, 2012, Orient Paper, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that it reached a proposed settlement of the securities class action lawsuit pending against the Company and certain current and former officers and directors of the Company. A copy of the press release is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

 

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

	99.1	Press release, dated June 21, 2012, issued by Orient Paper, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

	Date: June 21, 2012
	ORIENT PAPER, INC.
	By:	/s/ Winston C. Yen
		Winston C. Yen
		Chief Financial Officer