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 report (Date of earliest event reported): December 23, 2019 (December 19, 2019)
EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Florida | | 000-28806 | | 65-0420166 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File No.) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Ever-Glory Commercial Center,
509 Chengxin Road, Jiangning Development Zone,
Nanjing, Jiangsu Province,
Peoples Republic of China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)
(8625) 5209-6889
(Registrant’s Telephone number including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, par value $0.001 | | EVK | | NASDAQ Global Select Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On December 20, 2019 Beijing time, Ever-Glory International Group, Inc., (the “Company”) held its 2019 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, a majority of the Company’s shares of common stock represented at the Annual Meeting and voting on each proposal voted to approve the following proposals:
| 1. | To elect Edward Yihua Kang, Jiajun Sun, Merry Tang , Jianhua Wang and Zhixue Zhang as directors to serve for a one-year term that expires at the next annual meeting of stockholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal; and |
| 2. | To ratify the appointment of BF Borgers CPA PC as our independent auditor to audit the financial statements for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2018 and to review the three quarterly financial statements ended on September 30, 2019. |
| 3. | Approval by a non-binding vote of the Company’s executive compensation. |
| 4. | Approval by a non-binding vote, the frequency of future Stockholder advisory votes relating to the Company’s executive compensation. |
All matters voted on at the Annual Meeting were approved as recommended by the Board of Directors of the Company. The number of votes cast for or against and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each proposal, as applicable, is set forth below. The Company’s inspector of election reported the final vote of the stockholders as follows:
| | For | | | Against | | | Withheld | | | Abstain | | | Broker Non-Votes | |
Election of Directors | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
EDWARD YIHUA KANG | | | 10,446,316 | | | | 0 | | | | 200 | | | | - | | | | 1,117,658 | |
JIAJUN SUN | | | 10,446,316 | | | | 0 | | | | 200 | | | | - | | | | 1,117,658 | |
MERRY TANG | | | 10,446,316 | | | | 0 | | | | 200 | | | | - | | | | 1,117,658 | |
JIANHUA WANG | | | 10,446,316 | | | | 0 | | | | 200 | | | | - | | | | 1,117,658 | |
ZHIXUE ZHANG | | | 10,446,316 | | | | 0 | | | | 200 | | | | - | | | | 1,117,658 | |
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Ratification of Appointment of Independent registered public accounting firm | | | 11,535,440 | | | | 28,515 | | | | - | | | | 219 | | | | 0 | |
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Approval of the Company’s executive compensation | | | 10,446,062 | | | | 94 | | | | - | | | | 360 | | | | 1,117,658 | |
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Frequency of future Stockholder advisory votes relating to the Company’s executive compensation | | | 1 year | | | | 2 years | | | | 3 years | | | | Abstain | | | | | |
| | | 8,682 | | | | 505 | | | | 10,437,299 | | | | 30 | | | | 1,117,688 | |
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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.
| EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. |
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Date: December 23, 2019 | By: | /s/ Edward Yihua Kang |
| Edward Yihua Kang |
| Chief Executive Officer |
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