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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 11, 2024

PepperLime Health Acquisition Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(415) 263-9939

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company x

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On March 11, 2024, PepperLime Health Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) received a notice (the “Nasdaq Notice”) from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), stating that as a result of Ms. Michelle Fang’s resignation from the Company’s board of directors in January 2024, the Company no longer complies with Nasdaq’s audit committee requirement as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605, including the requirement that there are at least three independent directors on the Company’s audit committee. The Company is provided a cure period until the earlier of the Company’s next annual shareholders’ meeting (or July 2, 2024 if the next shareholders’ meeting will be held before July 2, 2024) or January 4, 2025.

As previously reported on Form 8-K filed on March 11, 2024, the Company has decided to cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up. It is expected that March 21, 2024 will be the last day of trading of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, redeemable warrants and units on Nasdaq, and public shareholders will receive disbursements from the trust account on or about March 22, 2024. The Company has no plan to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605 at this time.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including statements regarding future events, our future financial performance, business strategy, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The Company has attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” or “should,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. The forward-looking statements made herein are based on the Company’s current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. Actual results could differ materially from those described or implied by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including, without limitation, its limited operating history, competitive factors in the Company’s and Force’s industry and market, and other general economic conditions. The forward-looking statements made herein are based on the Company’s current expectations, assumptions, and projections, which could be incorrect. The forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as otherwise required by law. The Company cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Additional information concerning these and other factors that may impact the operations and projections discussed herein can be found in the Company’s periodic filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, and its subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company’s SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

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 hereunto duly authorized.