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 EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED: August 25, 2016

 

AXION POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 000-22573 65-0774638
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File

Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

3601 Clover Lane

New Castle, PA 16105

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(724) 654-9300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(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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ITEM 8.01 Other Information

 

As of the close of business on August 25, 2016, Axion Power International, Inc. had 6,773,042 shares of its common stock issued and outstanding. All of the shares issued since July 15, 2016 have been as a result of conversions of its Senior Secured Convertible Notes issued in November 2015.

  

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Axion Power International, Inc. has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: August 26, 2016

 

  Axion Power International, Inc.  
       
  By: /s/ Richard Bogan  
  Richard Bogan  
  Chairman and CEO