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): December 4, 2023

 

Future FinTech Group Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Florida		001-34502		98-0222013
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

Americas Tower, 1177 Avenue of The Americas,

Suite 5100, New York, NY 10036

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

888-622-1218

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		FTFT		Nasdaq Stock Market

  

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

  

On December 4, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Mr. Shanchun Huang, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as the President of the Company to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Yongke Xue on November 24, 2023.  

 

Mr. Shanchun Huang, age 57, has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Board since March 4, 2020. Since April 2021, Mr. Huang has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mars Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (Nasdaq:MARX). Mr. Huang served as the president of Wealth Index (Beijing) Fund Management Co., Ltd., which provides private equity fund management service, from March 2011 to March 2020, and as the president of Wealth Index (Beijing) International Investment Consulting Co., Ltd., which provides investment management and consulting services for non-securities related business, from August 2004 to March 2020. From May 2001 to June 2004, Mr. Huang was the vice president of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Corporation, a global automobile company headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Mr. Huang graduated from Hefei Staff University of Science and Technology in July 1986, majoring in news collection and editing.

 

Mr. Huang was not appointed pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and any other person. Mr. Huang does not receive any additional compensation for serving as the President of the Company. There are no family relationships between Mr. Huang and the directors, nor between Mr. Huang and any executive officer of the Company. Other than the compensation received as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Huang is not a party to any transaction that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

  

 

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.

 

	Future FinTech Group Inc.
Date: December 5, 2023	By:	/s/ Shanchun Huang
	Name:	Shanchun Huang
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer