Item 8.01. Other Events

On April 27, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. ("ISS") has recommended that SORL stockholders vote "FOR" the ?proposed going private transaction for $4.72 per share of common stock in cash, as contemplated in the ?Company's previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of ?November 29, 2019, with Ruili International Inc. ("Parent"), and Ruili International Merger Sub Inc. ??("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), ?with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

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 27, 2020.




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