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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) June 30, 2025
HEARTCORE ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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001-41272 |
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87-0913420 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
1-2-33, Higashigotanda,
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone
number, including area code +81-3-6409-6966
(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 (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
| ☐ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ☐ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
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Trading Symbol(s) |
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Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock |
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HTCR |
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Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging
growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item
1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Equity
Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement
On
June 30, 2025, HeartCore Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) and Crom Structured Opportunities Fund I, LP, a Delaware
limited partnership (the “Purchaser” and collectively “the Parties”), entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Purchaser has committed to purchasing up to Twenty-Five Million Dollars
($25,000,000.00) in aggregate gross purchase price of newly issued fully paid shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001
(the “Advance Shares”).
Under the terms and subject to the conditions
of the Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser is obligated to purchase,
up to $25,000,000 in shares of the common stock of the Company, subject to the conditions and limitations in the Purchase Agreement including
beneficial ownership limitations. Such sales of common stock of the Company, if any, will be subject to certain limitations, and may occur
from time to time, the sole discretion of the Company, over the 24-month period commencing on the date that the Purchase Agreement is
executed (the “Execution Date”).
After the Execution Date, on any business day,
by the delivery of notice to the Purchaser, the Company may direct the Purchaser to purchase between $25,000 and $500,000 worth of shares,
at a purchase price of 50% of the average daily trading volume, calculated as (7) Trading Days immediately preceding the respective Advance
Date (excluding the single highest volume Trading Day and the single lowest volume Trading Day from such calculation) multiplied by the
lowest VWAP of the Company’s Common Stock on the Principal Market during the seven (7) Trading Days immediately preceding the respective
Advance Date (each a “Purchase”). Each Purchase is subject to adjustment for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash
dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction as provided in the Purchase Agreement.
The Purchase Agreement further states that, under
applicable Nasdaq rules, the Company may not issue or sell to the Purchaser under the Purchase Agreement more than 19.99% of the shares
of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately prior to the execution of the Purchase Agreement (the “Exchange Cap”),
unless (i) we obtain stockholder approval to issue shares in excess of the Exchange Cap.
The Company has agreed
not to effect any issuance of, or enter into any agreement to effect any issuance of, shares of common stock or common stock equivalents
involving an “equity line of credit” or a “variable rate transaction,” as such term is defined the Purchase Agreement.
The Purchaser agreed not to cause or engage in any manner whatsoever, any direct or indirect, short selling of or hedging with respect
to our common stock during the term of the Purchase Agreement. The Company may terminate the Purchase Agreement at any time after the
Execution Date, at no cost or penalty.
A Registration Rights
Agreement for the Advance Shares was entered on June 30, 2025, whereby the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare
and file, within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of the Purchase Agreement, the SEC an initial Registration Statement covering
the maximum number of Registrable Securities as shall be permitted to be included thereon in accordance with applicable SEC rules, regulations
and interpretations so as to permit the resale of such Advance Shares by the Investor.
Securities
Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement
In addition
to the Purchase Agreement, on June 30, 2025, the Company and Purchaser executed a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”).
According to the terms of the SPA, the Company shall issue to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, from time to time
as provided therein, 2,000 Preferred Shares at a purchase price equal to $1,000 per share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock ($2,000,000
in the aggregate), with each such Preferred Share having a stated value of $1,100 (the “Conversion Shares”), closing on June
30, 2025 (the “Closing”).
In connection with executing the SPA, for no additional consideration,
at Closing, the Purchaser shall be issued seven hundred fifty thousand (750,000) shares of Common Stock (the “Investor Shares”).
A Registration Rights
Agreement for the Conversion Shares was also executed on June 30, 2025, whereby the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to prepare and file, within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of the SPA, the SEC an initial Registration Statement covering the
maximum number of Registrable Securities as shall be permitted to be included thereon in accordance with applicable SEC rules, regulations
and interpretations so as to permit the resale of such Conversion Shares by the Investor.
Each of the Purchase
Agreement, the SPA and the Registration Rights Agreements contain customary representations, warranties, conditions, covenants, and indemnification
obligations of the parties.
The
foregoing summary of the material terms of the Purchase Agreement, the SPA and the Registration Rights Agreements, and does not purport
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, copies of which are attached to this
report, and each of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference and which are herewith
as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item
3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The
information contained above in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
Item
5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Certificate
of Designations of Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
On
June 30, 2025, the Company filed a Certificate of Designations of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock (“Certificate of Designation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The number of shares of HCWC
Preferred Stock designated is 2,000 and each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock has a stated value equal to $1,100 (the “Stated
Value”).
The
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have voting rights on as converted basis. However, as long as any shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company shall not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding
shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series
A Convertible Preferred Stock or alter or amend the Certificate of Designation, (b) increase the number of authorized shares of Series
A Convertible Preferred Stock, or (c) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
Upon
any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary that is not a Fundamental Transaction (as
defined in the Certificate of Designation), shall receive an amount per share equal to the greater of (i) the Stated Value
plus all accrued and unpaid Dividends thereon or (ii) the amount that such Holder would receive if such Holder converted all of its shares
of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. If, upon any such liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, the assets and funds available for distribution among the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be
insufficient to permit the payment to such Holders of the full preferential amount aforesaid, then the entire assets and funds of the
Corporation legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock in proportion
to the amount that each such Holder is entitled to receive.
The
conversion price in effect on any conversion date shall be equal to 90% of the average of the two lowest volume-weighted average
prices (the “VWAP”) of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market (or such other national securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is then listed) for the five Trading Days immediately preceding the date of the conversion notice delivered by the Holder
of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Conversion Notice Date”), with such VWAP and resulting Conversion Price being subject to
equitable adjustments for any stock splits or combinations occurring with respect to the Common Stock during such measurement period.
The
foregoing description of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
full text of the Company’s Certificate of Designations of Preferences, Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, which is
filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item
7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On July
1, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company had entered into
the SPA and Purchase Agreement, and that the proceeds were to be used to support software growth initiatives of the Company.
The
press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The information contained in the press release
is being furnished and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement
or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in such filing.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit |
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Number |
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Description |
3.1 |
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HeartCore Enterprises, Inc. Certificate of Designations of Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. |
10.1 |
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Equity Purchase Agreement, dated June 30, 2025, by and between Heartcore Enterprises Inc. and Crom Structured Opportunities Fund I, LP |
10.2 |
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Registration Rights Agreement for Advance Shares, dated June 30, by and between Heartcore Enterprises Inc. and Crom Structured Opportunities Fund I, LP |
10.3 |
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Share Purchase Agreement, dated June 30, 2025, by and between Heartcore Enterprises Inc. and Crom Structured Opportunities Fund I, LP |
10.4 |
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Registration Rights Agreement for Conversion Shares, dated June 30, by and between Heartcore Enterprises Inc. and Crom Structured Opportunities Fund I, LP |
99.1 |
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Press release issued by the registrant on July 1, 2025. |
104 |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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 thereunto
duly authorized.
Date: July 1, 2025 |
HEARTCORE ENTERPRISES, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Sumitaka Yamamoto |
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Sumitaka Yamimoto |
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Chief Executive Officer |