Scienture Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 17, 2025, Scienture Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) entered into a consulting agreement (the “Consulting Agreement”) with Draper, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Draper”). Pursuant to the Consulting Agreement the Company agreed to engage Draper as an independent consultant and Draper agreed to provide the Company with investor relations and business development services, including but not limited to the following: (i) reviewing the Company’s financial requirements; (ii) analyzing and assessing alternatives for the Company’s financial requirements; (iii) providing introductions to professional analysts and money managers; (iv) assisting the Company in financing arrangement to be determined and governed by separate and distinct financing agreements; (v) providing analysis of the Company’s industry and competitors in the form of general industry reports provided directly to Company and (vi) assisting the Company in advising of potential merger partners and developing corporate partnering relationships. The Consulting Agreement has an initial term of three months and automatically renews for successive one-month terms until terminated. Either party may terminate the Consulting Agreement by providing written notice at least seven days prior to the end of the then-current term.
In exchange for the services to be provided by Draper pursuant to the Consulting Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Draper a total of 100,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, to be delivered promptly following execution of the Consulting Agreement. The Company will owe Draper an additional 100,000 shares of restricted shares of common stock for each subsequent term under the Consulting Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Consulting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Consulting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On March 18, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing that its wholly owned subsidiary, Scienture, LLC intends to commercially launch one of the products being developed by Scienture, LLC, under the brand name ArbliTM (losartan potassium) Oral Suspension, 10 mg/mL.. The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
The corporate press release shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of such Section 18. The information in this Item 7.01, as well as Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
The press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. With the exception of historical matters, the matters discussed in the press release include forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding the Company’s projects, potential financial performance, and growth opportunities. The words “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “hopes,” “likely,” “will,” and similar expressions are intended to identify certain of these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the Company’s expectations and involve risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause the actual results performance or achievements of the Company (or entities in which the Company has interests), or industry results, to differ materially from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Certain factors that could cause the Company’s actual future results to differ materially from those discussed are noted in connection with such statements, but other unanticipated factors could arise. Certain risks regarding the Company’s forward-looking statements are discussed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which reflect management’s view only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, conditions or circumstances.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Consulting Agreement by and between Scienture Holdings, Inc. and Draper, Inc. dated March 17, 2025. | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated March 18, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
| SCIENTURE HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Surendra Ajjarapu | |
| Surendra Ajjarapu | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: March 21, 2025 | ||