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): November 18, 2019

CBAK ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   001-32898   86-0442833
(State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation)
  (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employer
 Identification No.)

 

BAK Industrial Park, Meigui Street
Huayuankou Economic Zone
Dalian, China, 116450
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
 
(86)(411)-3918-5985
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value   CBAT   Nasdaq Capital Market

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):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
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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 5.07. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

On November 18, 2019, CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) held the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s headquarters in Dalian, China. Holders of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on September 24, 2019 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 44,175,481 outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote. A total of 39,372,185 shares of common stock (89.13%), constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting.

The stockholders voted on two proposals at the Annual Meeting. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement dated September 27, 2019 and the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

Proposal 1: The Company’s stockholders elected five directors to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

                      Broker  
    Votes For     Votes Against     Abstentions     Non-Votes  
Yunfei Li   34,524,338     34,299     2,172     4,811,376  
J. Simon Xue   34,437,337     121,230     2,242     4,811,376  
Martha C. Agee   34,434,938     120,924     4,947     4,811,376  
Jianjun He   34,435,230     120,695     4,884     4,811,376  
Guosheng Wang   34,521,567     34,257     4,985     4,811,376  

Proposal 2: The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Centurion ZD CPA & Co. as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions  
39,136,002   213,932   22,251  

 

 

 

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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.

  CBAK ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
     
     
Date:  November 19, 2019 By: /s/Xiangyu Pei
    Xiangyu Pei
    Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

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