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~~May 278, 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~~Rui’an 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 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Special Meeting of Stockholders

A special meeting of the stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) of SORL Auto Parts, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), was held on May 8, 2020. The Company’s stockholders considered the following proposals at the Special Meeting:

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Proposal I: to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 29, 2019, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Ruili International Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Ruili International Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent; and

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Proposal II: to approve the adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to adopt the Merger Agreement.

Voting Results

As of the record date of April 2, 2020, the Company had 19,304,921 shares of common stock outstanding that are entitled to vote, of which 15,876,170 or 82.24% were present in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting. 15,393,221 shares, representing approximately 79.74% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, voted in favor of the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement. Specifically, 4,033,818 shares, representing approximately 50.77% of the outstanding share of common stock entitled to vote owned by the unaffiliated stockholders, voted in favor of the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement, satisfying the majority of unaffiliated stockholders voting requirement set forth in the Merger Agreement.

The adjournment proposal was approved with 15,158,713 “FOR” votes, 663,263 “AGAINST” votes and 54,194 “ABSTAIN” votes.

Item 8.01. Other Events

On ~~April~~May 278, 2020, the Company issued a a press release announcing ~~that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) has recommended that SORL stockholders vote “FOR”~~ the ~~‎proposed~~results ~~going private transaction for $4.72 per share~~ of ~~common stock in cash, as contemplated in~~ the ~~‎Company’s~~Special ~~previously~~Meeting ~~announced Agreement~~ and ~~Plan of Merger (~~the ~~“Merger~~target ~~Agreement”),~~closing ~~dated as of ‎November 29, 2019, with Ruili International Inc~~date. ~~(“Parent”),~~A ~~and~~copy ~~Ruili~~of ~~International~~that ~~Merger~~press ~~Sub~~release ~~Inc.~~is ~~‎‎(“Merger~~attached ~~Sub”),~~hereto ~~pursuant~~as toExhibit ~~which~~99.1 ~~Merger Sub will be merged with~~ and ~~into~~is ~~the~~incorporated ~~Company~~herein ~~(the~~by ~~“Merger”), ‎with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent~~reference.

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~~May 278, 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~~May 278, 2020

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