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 EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED: December 21, 2016
AXION POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 000-22573 | 65-0774638 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
3601 Clover Lane
New Castle, PA 16105
(Address of principal executive offices)
(724) 654-9300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01 Other Information
At 7:08 pm, eastern time, yesterday evening (December 21, 2016), Mr. Richard H Bogan, the Chairman & CEO of Axion Power International, Inc. (the “Company”), received a telephone message from Beijing, China from Dr. WJ Gesang of LCB International, Inc. (third party in Axion's Tri-Party prospective arrangement with Fengfan Co. Ltd., Baoding, China). In that message, Dr. Gesang informed Mr. Bogan that Fengfan Executive Management will not be visiting Axion’s New Castle, PA headquarters in early January 2017. The explanation given was the challenge to acquire the necessary Chinese Government travel documents in time to meet the early January 2017 time frame for the previously scheduled January 9, 2017 meeting. There is potential for this visit to Axion Headquarters by Fengfan Executive Management to occur in early to mid-February, 2017.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Axion Power International, Inc. has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 22, 2016
AXION POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ Richard H. Bogan
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer