UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): April 27, 2020

SORL Auto Parts, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-11991	30-0091294
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

	No. 2666 Kaifaqu Avenue
	Ruian Economic Development District
	Ruian City, Zhejiang Province
	People’s Republic of China
	(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 86-577-6581-7720

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, $0.002 PAR VALUE		SORL		NASDAQ GLOBAL MARKET

Item 8.01. Other Events

On April 27, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) has recommended that SORL stockholders vote “FOR” the ‎proposed going private transaction for $4.72 per share of common stock in cash, as contemplated in the ‎Company’s previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of ‎November 29, 2019, with Ruili International Inc. (“Parent”), and Ruili International Merger Sub Inc. ‎‎(“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), ‎with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

Parent has also informed the Company that Parent (through its affiliate) has completed and obtained all of the required regulatory approvals to consummate the Merger, including the overseas investment registration with Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the outbound investment registration with Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce and the registration with Rui’an branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the People’s Republic of China. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibits

99.1

Press Release, dated April 27, 2020.

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.

	SORL Auto Parts, Inc.

	/s/ Xiaoping Zhang
	Xiaoping Zhang, Chief Executive Officer

Date: April 27, 2020

SORL Auto Parts, Inc. 8-K