0001171843-15-000035.txt : 20150105 0001171843-15-000035.hdr.sgml : 20150105 20150105074534 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001171843-15-000035 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20141230 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20150105 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150105 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001376321 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ADVERTISING AGENCIES [7311] IRS NUMBER: 204672080 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34647 FILM NUMBER: 15502505 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: NO.3 MIN ZHUANG ROAD, BUILDING 6, STREET 2: YU QUAN HUI GU TUSPARK, CITY: HAIDIAN DISTRICT, BEIJING, STATE: F4 ZIP: 100195 BUSINESS PHONE: 888-419-9455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 101-C N. GREENVILLE AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 255 CITY: ALLEN STATE: TX ZIP: 75002 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EMAZING INTERACTIVE, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060922 8-K 1 f8k_010515.htm FORM 8-K f8k_010515.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): December 30, 2014

CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Nevada
001-34647
20-4672080
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

No. 3 Min Zhuang Road, Building 6,
Yu Quan Hui Gu Tuspark, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC 100195
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

+86-10-51600828
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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

On December 30, 2014, Mr. Chang Qiu was appointed to fill a vacancy created from expanding the Board of Directors of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) from five (5) to six (6) members. The Company has determined that Mr. Qiu qualifies as independent director as such term is defined by Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Marketplace Rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (the “Nasdaq Marketplace Rules”) and Section 10A(m)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Mr. Qiu, age 51, has served as a Principal of Sansar Capital Management since 2007. From 2001 through 2007, Mr. Qiu served as the Founder, Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst of Forun Technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Qiu worked at IBM and other organizations in business and research functions. Mr. Qiu received an MBA degree from Columbia Business School, a Ph.D degree from Colorado School of Mines, and a bachelor’s degree from Wuhan University, China.

Mr. Qiu has no family relationships with any of the executive officers or directors of the Company. There have been no transactions in the past two years to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries was or is to be a party, in which Mr. Qiu had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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: January 5, 2015
CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
     
 
By:
/s/ Handong Cheng
   
Name:
Handong Cheng
   
Title:
Chief Executive Officer