SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Hardamon Roderick A. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CHARDAN NEXTECH ACQUISITION 2 CORP. 17 STATE STREET, 21ST FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/10/2021	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp. [ CNTQ ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001	22,000(1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. As described in Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp.'s (the "Issuer") registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-254010), as amended (the "Registration Statement"), the reporting person owns 20,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), pursuant to a Securities Assignment Agreement dated May 24, 2021 between the Chardan NexTech Investments 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the reporting person. On August 10, 2021, the Issuer effected a 1.1-for-1.0 stock split of its Common Stock, resulting in the issuance of 2,000 shares of Common Stock to the reporting person, so that the reporting person owns a total of 22,000 shares of Common Stock.

	/s/ Roderick Hardamon	08/10/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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