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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 26, 2010
 
CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 

Nevada
000-52672
90-0617940
(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: 011-86-51600828
 

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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 

ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ChinaNet”), held its annual meeting of stockholders on December 27, 2010, at 10 a.m. local time (the “Annual Meeting”).  There were 17,078,720 shares of common stock and 2,901,200 shares of preferred stock entitled to be voted, and an aggregate of 10,724,164 shares present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

Two items of business were acted upon by ChinaNet’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.  The voting results are as follows:

1.
Election of Directors.

 
All of the following five nominees were elected to ChinaNet’s Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting and their successors have been elected and qualified, in accordance with the voting results listed below.
 
   
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
                 
Handong Cheng
  
10,272,045
  
-
  
3,000
  
-
                 
Zhige Zhang
  
10,228,045
  
-
  
2,000
  
-
                 
Zhiqing Cheng
  
10,228,045
  
-
  
2,000
  
-
                 
Watanabe Mototake
  
10,228,045
  
-
  
2,000
  
-
                 
Douglas MacLellan
  
10,272,045
  
-
  
2,500
  
-



2.
Approval of ChinaNet’s Independent Accountants.

  
ChinaNet’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP as the Company’s independent accountants for 2010, in accordance with the voting results listed below.
 
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker
Non-Votes
             
10,625,439
  
11,461
  
87,265
  
-


 
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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:  December 30, 2010 
CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
  
       
       
 
By:
/s/ Zhige Zhang 
  
   
Name: Zhige Zhang 
  
   
Title:   Chief Financial Officer 
  
       
 
 
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