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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): June 16, 2010
 


FUSHI COPPERWELD, INC.
 

 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Nevada
  
0-19276
  
13-3140715
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

254 Cotton Mill Road
Fayetteville, Tennessee 37334 USA
TYG Center Tower B, Suite 2601
Dongsanhuan Bei Lu, Bing 2
Beijing, PRC 100027
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (931) 433-0460
 

 (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:

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Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On June 16, 2010, Fushi Copperweld, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) to vote on the following matters:
 
1.  Election of Directors
 
All of the following seven nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors, in accordance with the voting results listed below, to serve for a term of one year, until the next Annual Meeting and until their successors have been duly elected and have qualified.

Nominee
 
For
   
Against
   
Abstain
   
Broker Non-
Votes
 
Li Fu
    26,573,399       0       356,125       4,140,164  
Joseph Longever
    26,572,759       0       365,765       4,140,164  
Wenbing Christopher Wang
    25,702,680       0       1,226,844       4,140,164  
Barry Raeburn
    26,580,673       0       348,851       4,140,164  
Feng Bai
    26,580,023       0       349,501       4,140,164  
Jiping Hua
    26,580,266       0       349,258       4,140,164  
John Francis Perkowski
    26,324,726       0       604,798       4,140,164  
 
2.           Ratification of the Company’s Independent Auditors
 
Stockholders ratified the appointment of Frazer Frost, LLP as the independent auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, in accordance with the voting results listed below.

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
31,040,868
 
24,563
 
4,257
 
0
 
3.           Approval of Amendment to Fushi Copperweld’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan
 
Stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to (i) increase and fix the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan; and (ii) eliminate a clause in the Plan that provides for an automatic increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance at the end of each fiscal year in the same proportion as the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company increased during such fiscal year, subject to a 10% maximum of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company, in accordance with the voting results listed below.

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
19,911,241
 
6,299,612
 
718,671
 
4,140,164

 
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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.
 
 
FUSHI COPPERWELD, INC.
   
 Date: June 21, 2010
By: /s/ Wenbing Christopher Wang                       
 
Name: Wenbing Christopher Wang
 
Title:  President and Interim Chief
Financial Officer