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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On November 22, 2011, Highpower International, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;).&#160;&#160;For more information about the proposals, see the Company&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 2011 (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;), the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>

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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">At the Annual Meeting, stockholders representing 11,229,913 shares, or 82.68%, of the 13,582,106 shares of common stock&#160;outstanding on the record date of October 14, 2011 were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum for the purposes of the&#160;Annual Meeting. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the voting results were as follows:</font></div>

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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Votes withheld and broker non-votes were not counted as votes cast and had no effect on the result of the vote.</font></div>

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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Proposal Number 2 &#8211; Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditor:&#160;&#160;</font>Ratification of the appointment of Marcum Bernstein &amp; Pinchuk LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 required an affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast at the Annual Meeting.&#160;&#160;Abstentions are not counted as votes cast and had no effect on the result of the vote.&#160;&#160;The proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:</font></div>

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Unassociated Document
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):
November 22, 2011
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):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On November 22, 2011, Highpower International, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").  For more information about the proposals, see the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 2011 (the "Proxy Statement"), the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
At the Annual Meeting, stockholders representing 11,229,913 shares, or 82.68%, of the 13,582,106 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date of October 14, 2011 were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum for the purposes of the Annual Meeting. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the voting results were as follows:
Proposal No. 1 -
Election of Directors
:  The Company's stockholders elected, by a plurality of the votes cast, each of the five nominees to the Board of Directors, to serve until the Company's 2012 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected, as follows:
Director Nominee
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Dang Yu Pan
7,541,523
12,909
3,675,481
Wen Liang Li
7,544,643
9,789
3,675,481
T. Joseph Fisher, III
7,544,843
9,589
3,675,481
Xinhai Li
7,543,443
10,989
3,675,481
Ping Li
7,540,523
13,909
3,675,481
Votes withheld and broker non-votes were not counted as votes cast and had no effect on the result of the vote.
Proposal Number 2 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditor:
Ratification of the appointment of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 required an affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast at the Annual Meeting.  Abstentions are not counted as votes cast and had no effect on the result of the vote.  The proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
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11,616
94,399
n/a
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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: November 29, 2011
/s/
Henry Sun
By:
Henry Sun
Its: Chief Financial Officer
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