UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

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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): August 7, 2020

 

ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Nevada		001-34647		20-4672080
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

No. 9 South Min Zhuang Road Haidian District, Beijing, PRC 100195

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

+86-10-60846616

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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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, par value $0.001		CNET		Nasdaq Capital Market

 

 

ITEM 5.02     DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

 

On August 7, 2020, Mr. George Kai Chu resigned from his positions as Chief Operating Officer and Secretary of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), effective immediately. Upon resignation, Mr. Chu continues to serve as a director of the board of directors of the Company. On the same date, the board of directors of the Company, by unanimous written consent, appointed Mr. Chi Wa Chiu (“Charles”) to serve as Chief Operating Officer of the Company and Mr. Mark Li, the current Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to serve as Secretary of the Company. 

 

Mr. Chiu, age 33, has served as the Corporate Finance Partner of Whale Capital in Hong Kong since March 2019. Since October 2016, Mr. Chiu has acted as Managing Partner of Minghing Financial Group in Hong Kong. From April 2012 to September 2016, Mr. Chiu served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in Wealth Leading Limited in Hong Kong. From August 2009 to April 2012, Mr. Chiu served as Assistant Vice President in Dah Sing Bank in Hong Kong. Mr. Chiu has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and is attending an Executive Master of Administration program jointly organized by Tsinghua University and INSEAD Business School. Mr. Chiu is also a Chartered Financial Analyst, Energy Risk Professional, Certified Management Accountant (Australia), Member of Institute of Public Accountants (Australia) and Member of Institute of Financial Accountant (United Kingdom).

 

Mr. Chiu has no family relationships with any of the executive officers or directors of the Company. There have been no transactions in the past two years to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries was or is to be a party, in which Mr. Chiu had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest.

 

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: August 7, 2020	ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Cheng Handong
		Name: Cheng Handong
		Title: Chief Executive Officer