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

January 12, 2015

Date of Report

SUNDANCE STRATEGIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

4626 North 300 West, Suite No. 365

Provo, Utah  84604

 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(801) 705-8968

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code)

N/A

 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time the statements are made and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this Current Report. These factors include, but are not limited to, economic conditions generally in the United States and internationally, and in the industry and markets in which we have and may participate in the future, competition within our chosen industry, our current and intended business, our assets and plans, the effect of applicable United States and foreign laws, rules and regulations on our business and our failure to successfully develop, compete in and finance our current and intended business operations.

You should read any other cautionary statements made in this Current Report as being applicable to all related forward-looking statements wherever they appear in this Current Report. We cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements in this Current Report will prove to be accurate, and therefore, prospective investors are encouraged not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. You should read this Current Report completely, and it should be considered in light of all other information contained in the reports or registration statement that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including all risk factors outlined therein. Other than as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, even though our situation may change in the future.

JUMPSTART OUR BUSINESS STARTUPS ACT DISCLOSURE

We qualify as an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”). An issuer qualifies as an “emerging growth company” if it has total annual gross revenues of less than $1.0 billion during its most recently completed fiscal year, and will continue to be deemed an emerging growth company until the earliest of:

As an emerging growth company, we are exempt from various reporting requirements. Specifically, we are exempt from the following provisions:

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Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies may delay adopting new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until such time as those standards apply to private companies.  We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

NAME REFERENCES

In this Current Report, references to “Sundance Strategies,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or words of similar import, refer to the Registrant, Sundance Strategies, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and our wholly-owned subsidiary, ANEW LIFE, INC., a Utah corporation (“ANEW LIFE”), our acquisition of which by merger occurred on March 29, 2013.  

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective January 12, 2015, the Board of Directors appointed Kraig T. Higginson to the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors.  Mr. Higginson is 59 years of age and served as Chief Executive Officer of VIA Motors, Inc. (“Via Motors”), a hybrid electric vehicle company (PHEV) from November 2010 to January 2014, where he was responsible for overseeing the management and business of Via Motors and its employees.  From October 2003 until November 2010, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raser Technologies, Inc. (“Raser Technologies”), which was an NYSE listed company at that time.  Mr. Higginson resigned as a director of Raser Technologies on February 11, 2011.  Raser Technologies filed bankruptcy proceedings on April 29, 2011, and was subsequently delisted from NYSE.  Mr. Higginson also founded American Telemedia Network, Inc. (“American Telemedia”), a publicly-traded NASDAQ company that developed a nationwide satellite network broadcasting data, video programming and advertising to shopping centers and malls, and he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Telemedia from 1984 through 1988.

Mr. Higginson was called to testify, as an expert, before the United States Congress regarding the viability of vehicle electrification.

Compensation for Mr. Higginson’s service as Chairman of the Board of Directors has not been determined and is currently being negotiated.

There are no family relationships between Mr. Higginson and any other director, executive officer or person nominated to become a director or an executive officer.

The Board of Directors has set the size of the Company’s Board of Directors at three, which is within the number allowed by our Bylaws.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

SUNDANCE STRATEGIES, INC.

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