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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 Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 15, 2013
 
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. 3 Min Zhuang Road, Building 6,
Yu Quan Hui Gu Tuspark, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC 100195
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
 
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):
 
[   ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
[   ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
[   ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
[   ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
 
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On May 15, 2013, ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing a filing extension for its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and announcing its preliminary unaudited revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and a conference call regarding its financial results for the same period.  A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
 
As provided in General Instruction B.2 of SEC Form 8-K, such information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)           Exhibits.

No.
Description
99.1
Press Release dated May 15, 2013.
 
 
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: May 15, 2013
 ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.  
       
  By :/s/Handong Cheng  
    Name: Handong Cheng  
   
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
  
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release dated May 15, 2013.
ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. Preannounces First Quarter 2013 Revenues of $7 million

EXHIBIT 99.1

ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. Preannounces First Quarter 2013 Revenues of $7 million

Files Extension for Q1 2013 10-Q Filing

BEIJING, May 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNET) (the "Company" or "ChinaNet"), a leading B2B (business to business) Internet technology company focusing on providing online-to-offline ("O2O") sales channel expansion services for small businesses (small and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs") in China) and entrepreneurial management and LINK services for entrepreneurs in the People's Republic of China, today announced that its preliminary unaudited revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was approximately $7 million.

The Company filed a Form 12b-25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2013 to extend the filing of the Company's Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2013, which is due May 15, 2013, for up to an additional five calendar days. With this extension, if the Form 10-Q is filed by May 20, 2013, the Form 10-Q will be deemed to be timely filed.

ChinaNet will host a conference call at 8:30 am ET on Tuesday, May 21st to discuss its first quarter 2013 results. Please use the following information:

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Time: 8:30 am Eastern Time
Conference Line (U.S.): 1-877-317-6776
International Dial-In: 1-412-317-6776
Conference ID: 10029114
Webcast: http://webcast.mzvaluemonitor.com/Cover.aspx?PlatformId=1313

Please dial in at least 10-minutes before the call to ensure timely participation.

A playback of the call will be available until 8:30 am ET on May 28, 2013. To listen, call 1-877-344-7529 within the United States or 1-412-317-0088 when calling internationally. Please use the replay pin number 10029114.

About ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.

The Company, a parent company of ChinaNet Online Media Group Ltd., incorporated in the BVI ("ChinaNet"), is a leading B2B (business to business) Internet technology company focusing on providing O2O (online to offline) sales channel expansion service for small businesses (or so-called small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China) and entrepreneurial management and LINK service for entrepreneurs in China. The Company, through certain contractual arrangements with operating companies in the PRC, provides Internet advertising and other services for Chinese small businesses via its portal websites, 28.com, Liansuo.com and Chuangye.com (for entrepreneurs' Linking services), TV commercials and program production via China-Net TV, and in-house LCD advertising on banking kiosks targeting Chinese banking patrons. Website: http://www.chinanet-online.com.

Safe Harbor

This release contains certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc., which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates" or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including business uncertainties relating to government regulation of our industry, market demand, reliance on key personnel, future capital requirements, competition in general and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Certain of these risks and uncertainties are or will be described in greater detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are based on ChinaNet's current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting ChinaNet will be those anticipated by ChinaNet. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the control of the Company) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. ChinaNet undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

CONTACT: MZ North America
         Ted Haberfield, President
         Tel: +1-760-755-2716
         Email: thaberfield@mzgroup.us
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