6-K 1 ea181497-6k_zhongchao.htm REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of July 2023

 

ZHONGCHAO INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nanxi Creative Center, Suite 218

841 Yan’an Middle Road

Jing’An District, Shanghai, China 200040

Tel: 021-32205987 (Address of Principal Executive Office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F        Form 40-F  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zhongchao Inc., a Cayman Islands exempt company (the “Company”) held its 2023 annual general meeting (the “Meeting”) of shareholders at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, July 5, 2023, at Nanxi Creative Center, Suite 218, 841 Yan’an Middle Road, Jing’An District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Each Class A Ordinary Share is entitled to one vote, and each Class B Ordinary Share is entitled to fifteen votes. Holders of a total of 20,223,960ordinary shares (consisting of 14,726,245 Class A Ordinary Shares and 5,497,715 Class B Ordinary Shares), out of a total of 24,679,070shares (consisting of 19,181,355 Class A Ordinary Shares and 5,497,715 Class B Ordinary Shares) issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting have voted. Therefore, a quorum of more than a third of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual general meeting of shareholders as of the record date of May 11, 2023 was reached. The final voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the meeting are as follows:

 

1. Re-election of Directors

 

The following individuals were re-elected as directors to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company, to hold office, 1) for Class I directors, until the second annual general meeting of shareholders following his/her election, 2) for Class II directors, until the annual general meeting of shareholders in 2024 (the third annual general meeting of shareholders following the initial meeting in 2021), and until his/her respective successor is elected and duly qualified.

 

Director’s Name   For   Against   Abstain
Weiguang Yang (Class II)   85,106,205   31,779   8,574
             
Pei Xu (Class II)   85,106,205   31,778   8,575
             
John C. General (Class I)   85,089,884   47,900   8,774
             
Kevin Dean Vassily (Class I)   85,091,634   46,349   8,575
             
Dan Li (Class I)   85,091,487   46,497   8,574

 

2. Ratification and Approval of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

It was approved to ratify the appointment of Prager Metis CPAs, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, and that the appointment of Prager Metis CPAs, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. 

 

For   Against   Abstain
97,091,131   92,264   8,575

 

3. Amendment of Amended and Restated Articles of Association

 

It was approved to amend the Company’s amended and restated articles of association as currently in effect (the “Existing Articles”) by deleting Article 3 in its entirety and replacing it with the new Article 3, as set forth below.

 

Current Article 3   New Article 3

3 Alteration of Articles

Subject to any other provision of these Articles, the Company may from time to time alter or add to these Articles by passing a Special Resolution so long as such alteration does not disparately impact the members’ voting rights.

 

3 Alteration of Articles

Subject to any other provision of these Articles, including but not limited to Article 9 (Variation of Rights of Shares), the Company may from time to time alter or add to these Articles by passing a Special Resolution.

 

For   Against   Abstain
85,088,956   47,810   9,792

 

4. Varying the Rights of Each Class of Shares Currently Issued by the Company

 

It was approved to vary the rights of each class of shares currently issued by the Company in such manner and to such extent such that all the Company’s Class B ordinary shares are designated as shares with the rights and privileges and subject to the limitations provided for  in the Company’s second amended and restated articles of association (the “Amended Articles”).

 

For   Against   Abstain
Class A Ordinary Shares
2,623,351   47,808   9,674

 

5. Adoption of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Association

 

It was approved to adopt the Amended Articles, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1, as the Company’s articles of association in substitution for and to the exclusion of the Company’s Existing Articles. 

 

For   Against   Abstain
85,089,076   48,808   8,674

 

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Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3.1   Amended and Restated Articles of Association adopted on July 5, 2023

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Zhongchao Inc.
   
Date: July 7, 2023 By: /s/ Weiguang Yang
   

Weiguang Yang
Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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