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 December 2023
Commission File Number: 001-39316
BURNING ROCK BIOTECH LIMITED
(Registrant’s Name)
No.5 Xingdao Ring Road North, International Bio Island
Guangzhou, Guangdong
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 Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
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.
| Burning Rock Biotech Limited | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Leo Li | |||||
| Name: | Leo Li | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| Date: December 20, 2023 | ||||||
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Exhibit 99.1
Burning Rock Announces Results of 2023 Annual General Meeting
GUANGZHOU, China, December 20, 2023—Burning Rock Biotech Limited (NASDAQ: BNR and LSE: BNR, the “Company” or “Burning Rock”), a company focusing on the application of next generation sequencing (NGS) technology in the field of precision oncology, today announced that all shareholder resolutions proposed at the Company’s 2023 annual general meeting held today were duly passed. Specifically, the shareholders passed the following resolutions:
| 1. | To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP as auditor of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 and to authorize the directors of the Company to determine the remuneration of the auditor; |
| 2. | To re-elect Wendy Hayes, Min-Jui Richard Shen and Zhihong (Joe) Zhang as directors of the Company; and |
| 3. | To authorize each of the directors of the Company to take any and all action that might be necessary to effect the foregoing resolutions as such director, in his or her absolute discretion, thinks fit. |
About Burning Rock
Burning Rock Biotech Limited (NASDAQ: BNR and LSE: BNR), whose mission is to guard life via science, focuses on the application of next generation sequencing (NGS) technology in the field of precision oncology. Its business consists of i) NGS-based therapy selection testing for late-stage cancer patients, and ii) cancer early detection, which has moved beyond proof-of-concept R&D into the clinical validation stage.
For more information about Burning Rock, please visit: www.brbiotech.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
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Contact: IR@brbiotech.com