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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; font-size: 10pt">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 55%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">March 26, 2012</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 18pt"><B>HIGHPOWER
INTERNATIONAL, INC.</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Delaware</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">001-34098</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">20-4062622</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Building A1, Luoshan Industrial Zone, Shanxia,
Pinghu, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518111, China</P>

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including zip code, of principal executive offices)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 46%">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 54%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">(86) 755-89686238</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid">(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On March 26, 2012, Highpower International, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">A copy of the March 26, 2012 press release is attached to this
Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and the information therein is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On March 26, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing
its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">A copy of the March 26, 2012 press release is attached to this
Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and the information therein is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The information reported under Items 2.02 and 7.01 in this Current
Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor
shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless
of any general incorporation language in such filing.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(d) Exhibits</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 86%">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD>99.1</TD>
    <TD>Highpower International, Inc. Press Release dated March 26, 2012.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-weight: bold">Highpower International, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">Dated: March 26, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">/s/</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 0.12in">Henry Sun</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 0.12in">Henry Sun</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 18.6pt; text-indent: -18.6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Its:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-left: 18.6pt; text-indent: -18.6pt">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Highpower International, Inc. Press Release dated March 26, 2012.</TD></TR>
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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):
March 26, 2012
HIGHPOWER
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
_____________________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Delaware
001-34098
20-4062622
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
Building A1, Luoshan Industrial Zone, Shanxia,
Pinghu, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518111, China
(Address,
including zip code, of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(86) 755-89686238
(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):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On March 26, 2012, Highpower International, Inc. (the "Company")
issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011.
A copy of the March 26, 2012 press release is attached to this
Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and the information therein is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On March 26, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing
its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011.
A copy of the March 26, 2012 press release is attached to this
Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and the information therein is incorporated herein by reference.
The information reported under Items 2.02 and 7.01 in this Current
Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor
shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless
of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Highpower International, Inc. Press Release dated March 26, 2012.
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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.
Highpower International, Inc.
Dated: March 26, 2012
/s/
Henry Sun
By:
Henry Sun
Its:
Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Highpower International, Inc. Press Release dated March 26, 2012.
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