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): December 11, 2009
ChinaNet Online Holdings,
Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Nevada
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000-52672
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20-4672080
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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No.3
Min Zhuang Road, Building 6,
Yu
Quan Hui Gu Tuspark, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC
100195
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices and Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: +86-10-51600828
_________________________________
(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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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers, Election of Directors,
Appointment of Certain Officers, Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On
December 11, 2009, the Board of Directors of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (the
“Company”), received a letter from Kotoi Horofumi in which Mr. Horofumi resigned
as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr.
Hirofumi's resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on
any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices. A copy of
Mr. Horofumi's resignation letter is
attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
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No.
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Description
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99.1
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Letter
of Resignation of Kotoi Horofumi
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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.
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Dated: December
17, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Cheng Handong | |
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Name:
Cheng Handong
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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No.
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Description
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99.1
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Letter
of Resignation of Kotoi Horofumi
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December
11, 2009
ChinaNet
Online Holdings, Inc.
No. 3 Min
Zhuang Road, Building 6
Yu Quan
Hui Gu Tuspark
Haidian
District, Beijing
People’s
Republic of China
Attn:
Board of Directors of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
Re: Resignation
Letter
To the
Board of Directors of
ChinaNet
Online Holdings, Inc.:
I, Kotoi
Hirofumi, hereby resign as a director of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (the
“Company”), effective immediately. Please be advised that my
resignation from such position of the Company is not the result of any
disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s
operations, policies or practices.
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Very
truly yours,
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/s/ Kotoi Horofumi
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Kotoi
Horofumi
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