0001144204-18-063810.txt : 20181210 0001144204-18-063810.hdr.sgml : 20181210 20181210160029 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-18-063810 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20181210 FILED AS OF DATE: 20181210 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181210 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001588084 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D8 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36885 FILM NUMBER: 181226157 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: NO. 10 CEN SHAN RD, SHUIGE INDTRL ZONE STREET 2: LISHUL CITY CITY: ZHEJIANG STATE: F4 ZIP: 323000 BUSINESS PHONE: 86 578 226 2309 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: NO. 10 CEN SHAN RD, SHUIGE INDTRL ZONE STREET 2: LISHUL CITY CITY: ZHEJIANG STATE: F4 ZIP: 323000 6-K 1 tv508736_6k.htm 6-K

 

 

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 December 2018

 

Commission File Number: 001-36885

 

Tantech Holdings Ltd.

 (Registrant’s name)

 

No. 10 Cen Shan Road, Shuige Industrial Zone

Lishui City, Zhejiang Province 323000

People’s Republic of China

+86-578-226-2305

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

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 x          Form 40-F ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K on paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K on paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Explanatory Note:

  

Tantech Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) is filing this Report on Form 6-K to provide final results for the votes for its 2018 annual shareholder meeting. At the 2018 annual shareholder meeting of the Company held on December 7, 2018, a quorum was present and two proposals were submitted to and approved by the shareholders. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2018. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

 

1.  Shareholders elected the following five directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2019 or until their successors are elected and qualified. The votes for each of the nominees were as follows:

 

   For  Withheld
Zhengyu Wang  11,950,010  6,380
Yefang Zhang  11,950,010  6,380
Wencai Pan  11,913,054  43,336
Hongdao Qian  11,913,054  43,336
Shudong Wang  11,913,054  43,336

 

2.  Shareholders ratified the appointment of Prager Metis CPAs, LLC as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstained
18,009,717   5,130   0

 

 

 

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD
     
By: /s/ Zhengyu Wang
  Name:    Zhengyu Wang
  Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: December 10, 2018