0001144204-18-063207.txt : 20181206 0001144204-18-063207.hdr.sgml : 20181206 20181206061049 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-18-063207 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20181201 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20181206 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181206 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: 181218690 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: BUILDING A1, 68 XINXIA STREET STREET 2: PINGHU, LONGGANG, SHENZHEN CITY: GUANGDONG STATE: F4 ZIP: 518111 BUSINESS PHONE: 86 755 896 86238 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: BUILDING A1, 68 XINXIA STREET 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 tv508541_8k.htm FORM 8-K

 

 

 

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):   December 1, 2018

 

HIGHPOWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

(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):

 

¨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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

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 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Presented below are the voting results for the proposals (described in detail in our Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18, 2018, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference) submitted to our stockholders at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on December 1, 2018 ("Annual Meeting").

 

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders representing 12,914,933 shares or 83.0% of the 15,559,658 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date of October 5, 2017, were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum for the purposes of the Annual Meeting.

 

Proposal 1The following nominees were elected by a plurality of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting to serve until our 2019 annual meeting of stockholders with the following vote:

  

Nominee  For  Withheld
Dan Yu (George) Pan  6,698,205  1,104,524
Wen Liang Li  6,366,085  1,436,644
Ping (David) Li  6,694,963  1,107,766
T. Joseph Fisher III  6,367,235  1,435,494
Jie Wang  6,705,734  1,096,995

 

Proposal 2The appointment of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, was ratified by at least the affirmative vote of the votes cast with the following vote:

           

For  Against  Abstain  Broker Non-votes
12,547,536  226,650  140,747  -

 

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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.

 

Dated: December 5, 2018 Highpower International, Inc.
   
  /s/ Shengbin (Sunny) Pan  
  By:  Shengbin (Sunny) Pan
  Its: Chief Financial Officer

 

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