SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

  

 

For the month of May 2013

  

 

HIGHWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED 

 

(Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)

  

 

Suite 1801, Level 18

Landmark North

39 Lung Sum Avenue

Sheung Shui

New Territories, Hong Kong

 

 (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 ¨

 

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)

 

Yes ¨     No x

 

(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-_______________.)

 

Attached to this Report on Form 6-K is the press release issued by the registrant on May 23, 2013.

 

 
 

 

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.

  

  HIGHWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED
     
     
     
Date:  May 31, 2013 By /s/ ROLAND W. KOHL
    Roland W. Kohl
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

CONTACT:Gary S. Maier
  Maier & Company, Inc.
  (310) 471-1288

 

 

HIGHWAY HOLDINGS RECEIVES MULTI-YEAR OEM ORDER FOR

VACUUM CLEANER COMPONENTS

 

 

HONG KONG – May 23, 2013 -- Highway Holdings Limited (Nasdaq:HIHO) today announced it received a multi-year order for vacuum cleaner components valued at approximately $400,000 per year from a leading international appliance manufacturer.

 

Production has already commenced, and an initial order of approximately three million components has been delivered to the customer for vacuum cleaner kits that require nine different plastic parts manufactured by Highway Holdings.

 

“We are gratified by this leading OEM’s confidence in our capabilities and quality and look forward to additional opportunities to work together,” said Roland Kohl, president and chief executive officer of Highway Holdings.

 

About Highway Holdings

 

Highway Holdings produces a wide variety of high-quality products for blue chip original equipment manufacturers -- from simple parts and components to sub-assemblies and finished products. Highway Holdings’ administrative offices are located in Hong Kong, and its manufacturing facilities are located in Shenzhen in the People’s Republic of China.

 

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to economic, competitive, governmental, political and technological factors affecting the company's revenues, operations, markets, products and prices, and other factors discussed in the company’s various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation, the company’s annual reports on Form 20-F.

 

 

 

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