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): December 11, 2017

CEN BIOTECH, INC. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

7405 Tecumseh Rd, Suite 300, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N8T1G2 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (519) 419-4958

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.   

On December 11, 2017, CEN Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a share repurchase agreement (the “Share Repurchase Agreement”) with Bahige (Bill) Chaaban, pursuant to which the Company repurchased from Mr. Chaaban 99,286 shares of special voting stock in the capital of the Company, at a purchase price in the aggregate amount of $9.93. Each share of the special voting stock is entitled to 500 votes. Mr. Chaaban is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of the Company. Accordingly, all of the special voting stock owned by Mr. Chaaban has been redeemed and retired.

The foregoing description of the Share Repurchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Share Repurchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.     

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 (d) Exhibits

SIGNATURE

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.

Dated: December 12, 2017