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 OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the Month of February 2018

 

Commission File Number: 001-34615

 

 JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

1 Jingke Road

Shangrao Economic Development Zone

Jiangxi Province, 334100

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

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 x

Form 40-F ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1).

 

Yes ¨

No x

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7).

 

Yes ¨

No x

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number		Description of Document
99.1		Press Release

 

 

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.

  

	JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
	By:	/s/ Haiyun (Charlie) Cao
	Name:	Haiyun (Charlie) Cao
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: February 21, 2018

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

JinkoSolar Announces Full Exercise of Over-allotment Option in Follow-on Offering

 

SHANGHAI, China, February 20, 2018 — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that the underwriters of its previously announced follow-on offering of 3,600,000 American depositary shares (the “ADSs”), each representing four ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.00002 per share (the “ADS Offering”), have fully exercised their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 540,000 ADSs at US$18.15 per ADS. After giving effect to the full exercise of the over-allotment option, the total number of ADSs sold in the ADS Offering increased to 4,140,000 ADSs and the net proceeds to the Company, after deducting underwriting commissions and fees and estimated offering expenses, increased to approximately US$71.1 million. The exercise of the over-allotment option is expected to close on February 21, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions.

 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. are acting as the joint bookrunners for the ADS Offering.

 

JinkoSolar intends to use the net proceeds from the ADS Offering for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures for the capacity expansion and upgrade including the construction and operation of our manufacturing facility in the United States, and working capital.

 

The ADS Offering has been made pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on a Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 11, 2017, which became effective on August 22, 2017. A prospectus supplement dated February 8, 2018 and a related base prospectus (included in the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form F-3) related to the ADS Offering have been filed with the SEC and are available at the SEC website at: www.sec.gov. A copy of the prospectus supplement and the related base prospectus may be obtained from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10010, by phone at (800) 221-1037, or by e-mail at newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com; and Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, by phone toll free at 1-888-603-5847, or by email at barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com.

 

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. This press release contains information about the ADS Offering, and there can be no assurance that the full exercise of over-allotment option in the ADS Offering will be completed.

 

 

About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.

 

JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is a global leader in the solar industry. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, and other countries and regions. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 8.0 GW for silicon wafers, 5.0 GW for solar cells, and 8.0 GW for solar modules, as of December 31, 2017.

 

JinkoSolar has over 15,000 employees across its 8 productions facilities globally, 16 oversea subsidiaries in Japan (2), Singapore, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates, and global sales offices in China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Turkey, Germany, Switzerland, United States, Brazil, Chile, Australia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates.

 

To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com

 

 

Safe Harbor Statement

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements constitute "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends, "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this press release and the Company's operations and business outlook, contain forward-looking statements. Such statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in JinkoSolar's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 20-F. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

 

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

 

In China: 
Sebastian Liu
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
Tel: +86 21-5183-3056
Email: ir@jinkosolar.com

 

Christian Arnell
Christensen
Tel: +86-10-5900-2940
Email: carnell@christensenir.com

 

In the U.S.:
Ms. Linda Bergkamp

Christensen

Tel: +1-480-614-3004

Email: lbergkamp@ChristensenIR.com