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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): June 26, 2025

BOWEN ACQUISITION CORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Cayman Islands	001-41741	N/A 00-0000000
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

420 Lexington Ave, Suite 2446

New York, NY 10170

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(203) 998-5540

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one ordinary share and one right	BOWNU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share	BOWN	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Rights, each entitling the holder to one-tenth of one ordinary share upon the completion of the Company’s initial business combination	BOWNR	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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 ☒

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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 26, 2025, Bowen Acquisition Corp, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), entered into a second amendment (the “Amendment”) to the previously disclosed Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of January 18, 2024 and amended on March 21, 2025 (“Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Bowen Merger Sub, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Shenzhen Qianzhi BioTechnology Co. Ltd., a company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China and a wholly owned subsidiary of NewCo (as defined below) (“Qianzhi”), and Qianzhi Group Holding (Cayman) Limited, a newly formed Cayman Islands company (“NewCo”). As previously disclosed, the Merger Agreement contemplates that Merger Sub will merge with and into NewCo, with NewCo being the surviving company of the merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

The Amendment extends the outside date by which the parties must consummate the Merger Agreement to December 14, 2025.

The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit		Description

2.1		Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates makes any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K. This Current Report on Form 8-K is not intended to be all-inclusive and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the Company or the proposed business combination with NewCo and Qianzhi.

This Current Report on Form 8-K include “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ from expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words or phrases such as “aspire,” “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” “could,” “should,” “believe(s),” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “future,” “opportunity,” seek,” “intend,” “strategy,” or the negative version of those words or phrases or similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company’s expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the proposed business combination with NewCo and Qianzhi.

The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

No Offer or Solicitation

This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act.

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.

Dated: June 27, 2025

	By:	/s/ Jiangang Luo
		Jiangang Luo
		Chief Executive Officer

SEC Form 425 filed by Bowen Acquisition Corp