---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-128202"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RVP"
cik: "0000946563"
company_name: "RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T03:02:55.641579+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Retractable Tech terminates 1.35M unvested options; reports stock price anomalies to SEC

## Summary
- Board terminated unvested option awards at $13.00/share to Shaw, Larios, and Fort III covering 1,350,000 shares.
- Independent consulting firm hired in 2021 (cost >$600k) found statistically significant negative price reactions to positive news.
- Company presented findings to SEC in March 2022; SEC declined enforcement in November 2022.
- Company warns stockholders that stock price does not correlate with operational performance based on historical data.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-128202
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RVP
- cik: 0000946563
- company_name: RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946563/000110465922128202/0001104659-22-128202-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946563/000110465922128202/tm2232928d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-128202.txt

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