0001171843-19-005135.txt : 20190805 0001171843-19-005135.hdr.sgml : 20190805 20190805073015 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001171843-19-005135 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190805 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20190805 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190805 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001376321 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370] 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: 19997553 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_080519.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): August 5, 2019

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)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +86-10-60846616

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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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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. [ ]

Securities 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		CNET		Nasdaq Capital Market

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

On August 5, 2019, Watanabe Mototaka resigned as a director of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and as a member of the Company’s audit, compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees. Mr. Watanabe’s resignation did not result from any disagreement with the Company.

On that same day, Mr. Pau Chung Ho was appointed to fill the vacancy created from Mr. Watanabe’s resignation. The Company has determined that Mr. Pau 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. Pau, age 60, has served as the General Manager of The Regal Riverfront Hotel Jiangmen from April 2018 to date. From February 2014 to June 2017, he served as the General Manager of The Holiday Inn Resort Chaohu, and from September 2011 to February 2014, Mr. Pau served as the General Manager of The Regal Poly Guiyang Hotel. Mr. Pau holds a Bachelors of Arts in Hospitality Management from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Mr. Pau 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. Pau 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: August 5, 2019		ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.

	By:	/s/ Handong Cheng
		Name: Handong Cheng Title: Chief Executive Officer