f8k_062012.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):  June 20, 2012 (June 15, 2012)
 
CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 
Nevada
 
000-52672
 
90-0617940
(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: 011-86-51600828
 

____________________________________
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 

ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ChinaNet”), held its annual meeting of stockholders on June 15, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. local time (the “Annual Meeting”).  There were 22,186,540 shares of common stock entitled to be voted, and an aggregate of 13,235,534 shares present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

Two items of business were acted upon by ChinaNet’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.  The voting results are as follows:

1.
Election of Directors.

 
All of the following five nominees were elected to ChinaNet’s Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting and their successors have been elected and qualified, in accordance with the voting results listed below.
 
   
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
                 
Handong Cheng
 
11,608,340
 
25,693
 
-
 
1,601,501
                 
Zhige Zhang
 
11,607,728
 
26,305
 
-
 
1,601,501
                 
Zhiqing Cheng
 
11,614,674
 
19,359
 
-
 
1,601,501
                 
Watanabe Mototake
 
11,615,286
 
18,747
 
-
 
1,601,501
                 
Douglas MacLellan
 
11,607,818
 
26,215
 
-
 
1,601,501


2.
Approval of ChinaNet’s Independent Accountants.

ChinaNet’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP as the Company’s independent accountants for 2012, in accordance with the voting results listed below.
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
             
13,203,931
 
28,603
 
3,000
 
-

 
 
 

 
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:  June 20, 2012
CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
 
 
By:
/s/ Handong Cheng
Name: Handong Cheng
Title:   Chief Executive Officer