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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  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):  August 29, 2011
 
SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
(Exact Name of Registrantas Specified in Charter)
 
     
     
 
Delaware
001-33397
13-4306188
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
2275 Research Blvd., Suite 500, Rockville, MD
 
20850
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (301) 840-3888
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 

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Item 5.02. 
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
 
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective August 29, 2011, Mr. Donghao Yang resigned as the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Synutra International, Inc. (the “Company”) to pursue another professional opportunity. Mr. Weiguo Zhang, age 54, who has served as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer since 2005, will serve as the interim CFO while the Company conducts its search for potential CFO candidates. In addition, effective August 29, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Company elected Mr. Yang as a new director of the Company. The Board of Directors has designated Mr. Yang as a Class I director and he shall serve for a term ending on the date of the first annual meeting of stockholders following the end of the Company’s 2012 fiscal year.  The Company expects that Mr. Yang will serve on the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

On August 29, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing the foregoing.  A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1           Text of press release issued by Synutra International, Inc. dated August 29, 2011

 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
   
SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.(Registrant)
 
       
 
Date:
 
August 29, 2011
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Weiguo Zhang
 
       
Name:
Weiguo Zhang
 
       
Title:
President
 
 
 
 

 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
99.1
 
Text of press release issued by Synutra International, Inc. dated August 29, 2011