UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

  

Form 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of December 2021

 

Commission File Number 001-39337

 

 

Ebang International Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Building 7, No. 5 Nangonghe Road, Linping Street

Yuhang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311100

People’s Republic of China

+86 571-8817-6197

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

 

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On December 15, 2021, Ebang International Holdings Inc. (the “Registrant”) convened its annual general meeting of shareholders (the “2021 Annual Meeting”). At the 2021 Annual Meeting, a quorum was present and four proposals were submitted to and approved by the shareholders. The proposals are described in detail in the proxy statement that the Registrant furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2021. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

 

Proposal 1 – The following five nominees were elected to serve as directors until the Registrant’s next annual general meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal, by votes as follows:

 

Nominee		For				Withheld
Dong Hu			954,999,574				5,910,936
Chunjuan Peng			956,423,439				4,487,071
Yangqing Gao			960,160,755				749,755
Tingjie Lyu			959,601,316				1,309,194
Mingming Su			960,141,004				769,506

 

Proposal 2 – The shareholders ratified the appointment of MaloneBailey, LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, by votes as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain
960,188,843		589,400		132,267

 

Proposal 3 – The shareholders approved and adopted the Registrant’s 2021 Share Incentive Plan, by votes as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain
954,124,042		6,702,589		83,879

 

Proposal 4 – As a special resolution, the shareholders approved the amendments to the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association and approved and adopted the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in substitution for and to the exclusion of the current Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association with immediate effect, by votes as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain
955,692,751		5,096,626		121,133

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

	Ebang International Holdings Inc.
Date: December 16, 2021	By:	/s/ Dong Hu
		Name:	Dong Hu
		Title:	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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