VIOT Viomi Technology Company Ltd

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of October 2023

 

 

Commission File Number: 001-38649

 

 

Viomi Technology Co., Ltd

 

Wansheng Square, Rm 1302 Tower C, Xingang East Road, Haizhu District

Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510220

People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x

Form 40-F ¨

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit 99.1—Press Release

 

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

	VIOMI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
	By:	/s/ Xiaoping Chen
		Name:	Xiaoping Chen
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: October 24, 2023

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Viomi Technology Co., Ltd Extends its Share Repurchase Plan

 

GUANGZHOU, China, October 23, 2023 – Viomi Technology Co., Ltd (“Viomi” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: VIOT), a leading IoT @ Home technology company in China, today announced that, as a part of the Company’s continuous commitment to enhancing shareholder value, its board of directors has approved an extension of its existing share repurchase plan for another 12 months, under which the Company may repurchase up to US$10 million worth of its American Depositary Shares (ADSs) for a period from October 25, 2022, to October 24, 2024. From the launch of the share repurchase plan to the date of this press release, the Company in aggregate purchased approximately US$415,289 worth of its ADSs in the open market pursuant to its share repurchase plan. The Company expects to fund the repurchases under the Share Repurchase Plan with its existing cash balance.

 

About Viomi Technology

 

Viomi’s mission is to redefine the future home via the concept of IoT @ Home.

 

Viomi has developed a unique IoT @ Home platform consisting of an ecosystem of innovative IoT-enabled smart home products, together with a suite of complementary consumable products and value-added businesses. This platform provides an attractive entry point into the consumer home, enabling consumers to intelligently interact with a broad portfolio of IoT products in an intuitive and human-like manner to make daily life more convenient, efficient and enjoyable, while allowing Viomi to grow its household user base and capture various additional scenario-driven consumption events in the home environment.

 

For more information, please visit: http://ir.viomi.com.

 

Safe Harbor Statement

 

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. 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,” “confident” and similar statements. Among other things, the business outlook and quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Viomi’s strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. Viomi may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), 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 the Company’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company’s growth strategies; the cooperation with Xiaomi, the recognition of the Company’s brand; trends and competition in global IoT-enabled smart home market; development and commercialization of new products, services and technologies; governmental policies and relevant regulatory environment relating to the Company’s industry and/or aspects of the business operations and general economic conditions in China and around the globe, and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company’s filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

 

 

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

 

In China:

 

Viomi Technology Co., Ltd

Claire Ji

E-mail: ir@viomi.com.cn

 

Piacente Financial Communications

Hui Fan

Tel: +86-10-6508-0677

E-mail: viomi@tpg-ir.com

 

In the United States:

 

Piacente Financial Communications

Brandi Piacente

Tel: +1-212-481-2050

E-mail: viomi@tpg-ir.com

 

 

 

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