Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 9, 2017

BIOSTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	001-34708	20-8747899
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

No. 588 Shiji Avenue, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China 712046

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

86-029-33686638

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders at its executive offices in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China at 9 am (local time) on June 9, 2017. Set forth below are the matters voted upon at the meeting and the voting results. On the record date of April 13, 2017, there were 2,662,652 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, of which 1,606,526, or 60.34%, were present in person or represented by proxy, which constituted a quorum.

Proposal 1 (Election of Directors) - The shareholders elected Ronghua Wang, King-fai Leung, Haipeng Wu, Zhanxiang Ma and Qinghua Liu as directors of the Company to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected. A summary of votes cast follows below:

Name	Voted for		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Ronghua Wang		522,427		7,045		1,077,054
King-fai Leung		522,140		7,332		1,077,054
Haipeng Wu		507,014		22,458		1,077,054
Zhanxiang Ma		507,141		22,331		1,077,054
Qinghua Liu		507,451		22,021		1,077,054

Proposal 2 (Ratification of Auditors) - The Company’s shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of Mazars CPA Limited as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017 by the following vote:

Votes for

Votes against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

1,571,191

18,844

16,941

n/a

Proposal 3 (2017 Stock Option Compensation Plan) - The Company’s shareholders voted to approve the 2017 Stock Compensation Plan by the following vote:

Votes for				Votes against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
	495,623				28,984				4,863				1,077,056

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.