SEC Form 6-K filed by Oriental Culture Holding LTD

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of May 2025

Commission File Number: 001-39734

Oriental Culture Holding LTD.

Room 1310, Tower B, Harbour View Building

Eastern District, Hong Kong

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F ☒     Form 40-F ☐

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

On April 28, 2025 (the “Grant Date”), the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Oriental Culture Holding LTD. (the “Company”) granted stock awards of 500,000 ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.00025 (the “Ordinary Shares”), pursuant to the Company’s 2021 Omnibus Equity Plan, to five officers and employees of the Company and subsidiaries of its operating variable interest entity (the “Grantees”), including 100,000 shares to Mr. Yi Shao, Chief Executive Officer of the Company (collectively, the “Grants”).  The Grants vested immediately on the Grant Date and each of the Grantees also entered into an Unrestricted Stock Award Agreement with the Company on April 28, 2025. The form of Unrestricted Stock Award Agreement is filed as Exhibits 10.1 to this report on Form 6-K and incorporated herein by reference.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

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