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): January
10, 2011
Puda
Coal, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
333-85306
(Commission
File Number)
Florida
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65-1129912
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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incorporation)
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426 Xuefu Street,
Taiyuan, Shanxi Province,
The
People’s Republic of China
(Address
of principal executive offices, with zip code)
011
86 351 228 1302
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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Item
1.01 Entry into Material Definitive Agreements
On
January 10, 2011, Shanxi Puda Coal Group Co., Ltd. (“Shanxi Coal”), a 90%
subsidiary of Puda Coal, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Supplementary
Agreement of Investment Cooperation (the “Supplementary Agreement”) with Ming
Zhao, Chairman of the board of directors and a principal stockholder of the
Company (“Mr. Zhao”), and Jianping Gao, an individual unrelated to the Company
(“Mr. Gao). The Supplementary Agreement amends and supplements that
certain Agreement of Investment Cooperation (the “Agreement”) among the same
parties, dated August 1, 2010.
Pursuant
to the Agreement, the parties will purchase, consolidate and co-develop six coal
mines in Pinglu County, Shanxi Province (the “Phase Two of the Pinglu Project”).
Pursuant to the Supplementary Agreement, the parties will include the Pinglu
County Xiapincun Coal Mine, a coal mine which was not initially contemplated to
be acquired as part of Phase Two of the Pinglu Project, in Phase Two of the
Pinglu Project and place the entire mining assets of Xiapincun Coal Mine into
Shanxi Pinglu Dajinhe Anrui Coal Industry Co., Ltd., a project company
established to hold the assets of certain coal mines acquired by Shanxi Coal
under Phase Two of the Pinglu Project.
Mr. Zhao
is Chairman of the board of directors and a principal stockholder of the
Company. Neither the Company, Shanxi Coal or their affiliates nor any
director, officer or any associate of any such director or officer thereof has
any material relationship with Mr. Gao other than in respect of the Agreement
and the Supplementary Agreement.
A copy of
the Supplementary Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is
incorporated herein in its entirety. The description of the terms and
conditions of the Supplementary Agreement herein is modified and supplemented by
such reference. The description of the Agreement in the Company’s
current report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2010 is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
The
exhibit listed in the following Exhibit Index is filed as part of this
report.
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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10.1
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Supplementary
Agreement of Investment Cooperation, dated January 10, 2011, among Shanxi
Puda Coal Group Co., Ltd., Ming Zhao and Jianping
Gao.
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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.
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PUDA
COAL, INC.
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Date: January
14, 2011
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By:
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/s/ Qiong
Wu
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Qiong
Wu
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Chief
Financial Officer
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