Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): December 30, 2019

KANDI TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-33997		90-0363723
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification)

Jinhua City Industrial Zone
Jinhua, Zhejiang Province
People’s Republic of China
Post Code 321016
(Address of principal executive offices)

(86-579) 8223-9700
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock		KNDI		NASDAQ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On December 30, 2019, Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (the “Annual Meeting”). Holders of 39,154,766 shares of the Company's common stock were present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing 74.10% of the total outstanding shares of common stock and therefore constituting a quorum of more than a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting as of the record date of November 1, 2019. The final voting result for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

The following seven individuals were elected as the Board of Directors of the Company to serve as directors until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. No broker Non-votes are counted.

	FOR		WITHHELD
HU XIAOMING		20,725,217		426,647
CHEN LIMING		20,723,292		428,572
LIN YI		20,723,207		428,657
JERRY LEWIN		20,695,719		456,145
HENRY YU		20,722,332		429,532
SUN CHENMING		20,661,576		490,288
WANG LIN		20,802,572		349,292

Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP as Independent Auditor

The shareholders ratified the appointment of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

				FOR				AGAINST				ABSTAIN
	TOTAL SHARES VOTED				38,422,647				492,865				239,254

Proposal 3: Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers

The shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. No broker Non-votes are counted.

				FOR				AGAINST				ABSTAIN
	TOTAL SHARES VOTED				20,767,459				310,251				74,154

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.