0001144204-12-064455.txt : 20121121 0001144204-12-064455.hdr.sgml : 20121121 20121121134611 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-12-064455 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121118 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20121121 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121121 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Highpower International, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001368308 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690] IRS NUMBER: 204062622 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34098 FILM NUMBER: 121220681 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: LUOSHAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE STREET 2: PINGHU, LONGGANG, SHENZHEN CITY: GUANGDONG STATE: F4 ZIP: 518111 BUSINESS PHONE: 86 755 896 86238 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: LUOSHAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE STREET 2: PINGHU, LONGGANG, SHENZHEN CITY: GUANGDONG STATE: F4 ZIP: 518111 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Hong Kong Highpower Technology, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20071105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Hong Kong Highpower Technology DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20071105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SRKP 11 INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060706 8-K 1 v329116_8k.htm CURRENT REPORT

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, 2012

HIGHPOWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-34098	20-4062622
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Building A1, Luoshan Industrial Zone, Shanxia, Pinghu, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518111, China

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(86) 755-89686238

(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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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On November 18, 2012, Highpower International, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). For more information about the proposals, see the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2012 (the “Proxy Statement”), the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders representing 11,784,584 shares, or 86.76%, of the 13,582,106 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date of October 8, 2012 were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum for the purposes of the Annual Meeting. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the voting results were as follows:

Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors: The Company’s stockholders elected, by a plurality of the votes cast, each of the five nominees to the Board of Directors, to serve until the Company’s 2013 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected, as follows:

Director Nominee	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Dang Yu Pan	8,105,320	15,906	3,663,358
Wen Liang Li	8,101,320	19,906	3,663,358
T. Joseph Fisher, III	8,105,320	15,906	3,663,358
Xinhai Li	8,101,320	19,906	3,663,358
Ping Li	8,101,320	19,906	3,663,358

Proposal Number 2 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditor: Ratification of the appointment of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 required an affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions are not counted as votes cast and had no effect on the result of the vote. The proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
11,730,259	53,600	725	n/a

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.

		Highpower International, Inc.

Dated: November 21, 2012		/s/ Henry Sun
		By: Henry Sun
		Its: Chief Financial Officer