Current Report Filing (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 EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED: July 27, 2016

AXION POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-22573

65-0774638

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File

Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

3601 Clover Lane

New Castle, PA 16105

(Address of principal executive offices)

(724) 654-9300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 8.01 Other Information

As of the close of business on July 27, 2016, Axion Power International, Inc. had 962,193 shares of its common stock issued and outstanding. All of the shares issued since July 15, 2016 have been as a result of conversions of its Senior Secured Convertible Notes issued in November 2015.

SIGNATURES

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

Dated: July 28, 2016