8-K 1 form8-k_16935.htm FORM 8K DATED OCTOBER 25, 2010 form8-k_16935.htm


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):  October 25, 2010


ZAP
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
California
            
001-32534
                      
94-3210624
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
           
(Commission
File Number)
                       
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
          
501 Fourth Street
Santa Rosa, CA
                                        
95401
(Address of principal executive offices)
                                        
(Zip Code)

(707) 525-8658
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Former name or former address, if changed since last report:
None
 

 
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
 
Section 5 
Corporate Governance and Management

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

On October 25, 2010, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ZAP (the “Company”) elected Alex (Alex) Wang as the Company’s Co-Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.  Mr. Wang will serve as Co-Chief Executive Officer with Steve Schneider, who has served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer since June of 2002.

Mr. Wang is currently the Chief Executive officer of Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co. Ltd. He graduated from the University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom with an undergraduate degree in business administration. Mr. Wang is also a member of Zhejiang Council and a member of the after 70’s Elite Club of Taizhou China. He has held various management positions in the Jonway Group LTD for the past five years. Mr. Wang has been able to enhance Jonway Auto’s level of modernization and internationalism.

Mr. Wang will not receive compensation from the Company for his service as Co-Chief Executive Officer.

Concurrently with the appointment of Mr. Wang to the position of Co-Chief Executive Officer, the Board appointed Mr. Wang to serve as a member of the Board of Directors. The Company has not yet determined the committees of the Board on which Mr. Wang will serve.

As previously announced by the Company, on July 2, 2010, the Company entered into an Equity Transfer Agreement for the Purchase and Transfer of Certain Equity Interest in Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co., Ltd. (the “Equity Transfer Agreement”) with Jonway Group Co., Ltd. to acquire a 51% interest in Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co., Ltd., a limited liability company of the People’s Republic of China (“Zhejiang”), for $29 million (the “Acquisition Transaction”). Mr. Wang is also an owner of equity interests in Zhejiang may be entitled to receive a portion of the amounts the Company will pay pursuant to the Equity Transfer Agreement if and when the Acquisition Transaction closes.
 
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Signatures

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.
 
 
 
ZAP
 
     
     
       
Date:       October 29, 2010
By:
/s/ Steven M. Schneider  
    Steven M. Schneider  
    Co-Chief Executive Officer  
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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