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 8, 2016


CHINA PHARMA HOLDINGS, INC.
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
 
Nevada
001-34471
73-1564807
(State or other jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 

Second Floor, No. 17, Jinpan Road
Haikou, Hainan Province, China 570216
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: +86 898-6681-1730 (China)


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:

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On December 8, 2016, China Pharma Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual shareholders meeting for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 (the "Annual Meeting"). Holders of 27,271,585 shares of the Company's common stock were present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing 62.6% of the total outstanding shares of common stock and therefore constituting a quorum of more than one-third of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting as of the record date.

The final voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the meeting are as follows. No broker non-votes were counted for any of the proposals as the Company chose to.

1.
A proposal to elect three independent director nominees to our Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified:
 
 
Director's Name
 
 
Votes For
 
 
 
Votes Withheld
 
Gene Michael Bennett
 
 
24,790,576
 
 
 
2,481,009
 
Yingwen Zhang
 
 
24,789,576
 
 
 
2,482,009
 
Baowen Dong
 
 
24,789,576
 
 
 
2,482,009
 

2.
A proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officer as disclosed in the proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
24,895,511
 
2,347,574
 
58,500
 
 
 
3.
A proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation:
 
One Year
 
Two Years
Three Years
 
Abstain
 
7,698,383
 
11,445
19,558,977
 
2,780
 
 

Pursuant to the foregoing votes, Gene Michael Bennett, Yingwen Zhang and Baowen Dong were elected to serve as independent directors; the compensation of registrant's named executive officers was approved; and the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation was decided to be once every three years.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 



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.

Dated: December 13, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
CHINA PHARMA HOLDINGS, INC.
 

By: /s/ Zhilin Li                                                       
Name: Zhilin Li
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer