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):  February 10, 2010

 

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 

 

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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

The information set forth in Item 1.02 below is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

 

Item 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On June 24, 2009, Orient Paper, Inc.’s (the “Company”) indirect wholly-owned foreign subsidiary, Baoding Shengde Paper Co., Ltd. (“Baoding Shengde”) entered into a loan agreement with Zhenyong Liu, Shuangxi Zhao, and Xiaodong Liu (collectively, the “Shareholders”), the shareholders of the Company’s PRC operating entity, Heibei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited (“HBOP”). The loan agreement provided that Baoding Shengde will make a loan in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 to the Shareholders, each Shareholder receiving a share of the loan proceeds proportional to its shareholding in HBOP, and in exchange each Shareholder agreed to contribute all of its proceeds from the loan to the registered capital of HBOP in order to meet the registered capital requirements for HBOP. The loan was repayable at the option of Baoding Shengde either in cash or by other means as to be decided by Baoding Shengde and did not bear interest and had a term of 10 years.

 

Due to foreign exchange restrictions under the current foreign exchange laws in China, Baoding Shengde was not able to convert foreign currency to Renminbi to fulfill its obligations under the aforementioned loan agreement. Therefore, on February 10, 2010, Baoding Shengde and each of Shareholders entered into a Termination of Loan Agreement to terminate the aforementioned loan agreement without any liability to any of the parties.

 

Also on February 10, 2010, Baoding Shengde, HBOP and each of Shareholders entered into an Amendment to the Call Option Agreement and an Amendment to the Share Pledge Agreement, both originally dated June 24, 2009, to remove references to the aforementioned loan agreement. In addition, the original share pledge agreement was amended to provide that, Baoding Shengde, as pledgee, will be entitled to dispose of the pledged assets in the event that any of the Shareholders or HBOP fails to pay exclusive technology consulting service fee in accordance with that certain Exclusive Technology and Business Consulting Services Agreement, dated June 24, 2009, or fails to perform such party’s other obligations under the Principal Agreement (as defined therein). To correct a clerical error, the Amendment to the Call Option Agreement also added Baoding Shengde as a party and signatory to the Call Option Agreement.

 

The foregoing summaries of the Termination of Loan Agreement, the Amendment to Call Option Agreement and the Amendment to Share Pledge Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the actual Termination of Loan Agreement, the Amendment to Call Option Agreement and the Amendment to Share Pledge Agreement which are filed as exhibits 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3, respectively, hereto.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

10.1

10.2

10.3

Termination of Loan Agreement, dated February 10, 2010

Amendment to Call Option Agreement, dated February 10, 2010

Amendment to Share Pledge Agreement, dated February 10, 2010

 

 

 

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: February 11 , 2010

 

 

 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:  

/s/ Zhenyong Liu

 

Zhenyong Liu

 

Chief Executive Officer