Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 24 , 2018

General Steel Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Nevada		001-33717		41-2079252
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Room 106, Tower H ,
Phoenix Place, Shuguangxili,
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100028

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

+ 86 (10) 58667723

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Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 24, 2018, General Steel Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with Hummingbird Holdings Limited, a BVI entity (the “Investor”). Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Investor purchased 7,352,941 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $0.034 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $250,000.

Item 3.02.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 3.02.

The Shares sold pursuant to the Subscription Agreement were issued in reliance upon an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Regulation S”). The basis for the availability of this exemption includes the fact that the sale of the Shares was made to a non-U.S. person (as defined under Rule 902 section (k)(2)(i) of Regulation S), pursuant to an offshore transaction, and no directed selling efforts were made in the United States by the Company, a distributor, any of their respective affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statement and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description

10.1	Subscription Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2018

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.