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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): July 6, 2011
Zhongpin
Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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001-33593
(Commission
File
Number)
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54-2100419
(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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21
Changshe Road, Changge City, Henan Province
People’s
Republic of China
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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461500
(Zip
Code)
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011
86 10-8286 1788
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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On July 5, 2011, the Board of Directors
of Zhongpin Inc. (the “Company”) approved a stock
repurchase program (the “Program”). Under the Program,
the Company is authorized to repurchase up to $10 million of its
outstanding stock from time to time over the next 12 months. The repurchases may
take place in the open market, in negotiated transactions off the market, in
block trades, in trades pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 repurchase plan, or
otherwise.
On July 6, 2011, the Company issued a
press release announcing the Program. A copy of the press release is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The
information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibit shall not be
incorporated by reference into any of our filings under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any
general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by
specific reference to such filing. The information in this report, including the
exhibit hereto, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section
18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section.
Item 9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The
following exhibit is furnished herewith:
Exhibit
No.
Document
99.1 Press
Release of Zhongpin Inc., dated July 6, 2011.
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.
ZHONGPIN
INC.
(Registrant)
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Dated:
July 6, 2011
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By:
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/s/
Xianfu Zhu
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Name: Xianfu
Zhu
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Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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Exhibit
No.
Document
99.1 Press
Release of Zhongpin Inc., dated July 6, 2011.