Form 8-K Filing

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): July 24, 2014

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)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

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


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


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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On July 24, 2014, ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") received a letter from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (the "NASDAQ") notifying the Company that based on the July 17, 2014, filing of the Company's Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014, NASDAQ has determined that the Company complies with Listing Rule 5250(c)(1).

On July 28, 2014, the Company issued a press release with respect to regaining compliance with the NASDAQ listing requirement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

No. Description
99.1 Press Release, dated July 28, 2014.


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.

Date: July 28, 2014 ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.

 By:   /s/ Handong Cheng
Handong Cheng
Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release, dated July 28, 2014.
ChinaNet Online Holdings Regains Compliance With NASDAQ Listing Rules

EXHIBIT 99.1

ChinaNet Online Holdings Regains Compliance With NASDAQ Listing Rules

BEIJING, July 28, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNET) (the "ChinaNet" or "Company"), a leading B2B (business to business) Internet technology company focusing on providing online-to-offline ("O2O") sales channel expansion services for small and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs") and entrepreneurial management and networking services for entrepreneurs in the People's Republic of China, today announced that it received a letter on July 24, 2014 notifying the Company that it has regained compliance with NASDAQ's filing requirements set forth in Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the "Rule"). The Company filed its Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014 on July 17, 2014.

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 and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurial management and networking 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 SMEs via its portal websites, 28.com and Liansuo.com, TV commercials and program production via China-Net TV, and offline brand management and sales channel building services. 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.

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