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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 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 18, 2011
 
SINO CLEAN ENERGY INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
001-34773
 
75-2882833
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
Room 1502, Building D, Wangzuo International City Building
No. 1 Tangyuan Road, Gaoxin District
Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China
N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(86-29) 8209-1099
   
 
(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 registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On November 18, 2011, Sino Clean Energy Inc. (the “Company”) held the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders reelected each of the following nominees to the board of directors of the Company to serve until the next Annual Meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Baowen Ren, Peng Zhou, Zhixin Jing, Wenjie Zhang and Paul Kam Shing Chiu. Additionally, the stockholders ratified the appointment of Weinberg & Company, P.A. as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.  The stockholders also approved by advisory vote the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive offices, as disclosed under the caption Election of Directors—Executive Compensation, pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables, and narrative discussion in the Company’s filings with the SEC, and how frequently the Company should seek such an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

The voting at the Annual Meeting was as follows:
 
1.    Election of Directors
 
Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Baowen Ren
4,226,051
79,863
14,149,946
Peng Zhou
4,225,051
80,863
14,149,946
Wenjie Zhang
3,928,021
77,893
14,149,946
Zhixin Jing
4,221,054
84,860
14,149,946
Paul Kam Shing Chiu
4,226,511
79,403
14,149,946
 
2.           Ratification of Weinberg &Company, P.A. as the Company’s Independent Auditors
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
13,372,637
894,271
102,663
4,086,289
 
3.           Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
4,089,246
191,605
25,063
14,179,946

3.           Advisory Vote on Frequency of Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
 
1 year
2 years
3 years
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
363,284
31,971
3,807,971
51,353
14,201,281


 
 

 
 
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:  November 22, 2011
Sino Clean Energy Inc.
   
   
 
By:/s/ Baowen Ren                                       
 
Name: Baowen Ren
Title:   Chief Executive Officer