Form 6-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June 2013
Commission File Number: 001-33759
GIANT INTERACTIVE GROUP INC.
12/F No. 3 Building, 700 Yishan Road
Shanghai 200233
People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive office)
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Giant Interactive Group Inc.
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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.
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| By: | /s/ Jazy Zhang | |||||
| Name: | Jazy Zhang | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| Date: June 4, 2013 | ||||||
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Giant Interactive Group Inc. – Selling Shareholder Commences Secondary Follow-on Offering of ADSs
Shanghai, China, June 4, 2013 – Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) (“Giant” or the “Company”), one of China’s leading online game developers and operators, announced today that Vogel Holding Group Limited (“Selling Shareholder”), an affiliate of Mr. Yuzhu Shi, the chairman of Giant, had commenced an underwritten public offering of 15,137,853 American Depositary Shares, or ADSs, held by it. The Selling Shareholder also intends to grant the underwriter an option to purchase up to an additional 2,270,678 ADSs solely to cover over-allotments. Giant will not receive any proceeds from the sale of ADSs in the offering. Morgan Stanley is acting as the sole bookrunner for the offering.
Giant has filed a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (including a base prospectus) and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and the preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents Giant has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Giant and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, securities and does not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
SAFE HARBOR: FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release includes statements that may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar statements. Giant may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on forms 20-F and 6-K, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Giant’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks outlined in Giant’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its registration statements on F-3 and 20-F, in each case as amended. Giant does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
This release is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. Any public offering of securities to be made in the United States will be made by means of a prospectus that may be obtained from the issuer or selling security holder and that will contain detailed information about the company and management, as well as financial statements.
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ABOUT GIANT INTERACTIVE GROUP INC.
Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) is a leading online game developer and operator in China in terms of market share, and focuses on massively multiplayer online role playing games. Currently, Giant operates multiple games, including the ZT Online 1 Series, ZT Online 2, Giant Online, XT Online, The Golden Land, Elsword, Allods Online and World of Xianxia.
Investor Contacts
Giant Interactive Group Inc.
| Rich Chiang, IR Director | Kristie Chen, IR Manager | |||
| T: +86-21-3397-9959 | T: +86-21-3397-9971 | |||
| E: ir@ztgame.com | E: ir@ztgame.com |
Fleishman-Hillard
Hon Gay Lau
T: +852-2530-0228
E: giantinteractive@fleishman.com
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