Unassociated Document
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): October 21,
2008
CHINA
FIRE & SECURITY GROUP, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in Charter)
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000-50491
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65-1193022
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Commission
File No.)
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(IRS
Employee
Identification
No.)
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B-2508
TYG Center, C2
Dongsanhuanbeilu,
Chaoyang
District, Beijing 100027,
People’s
Republic of China
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
(86-10)
8441-7400
(Issuer
Telephone number)
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Item
5.02 Election of Directors.
On
October 20, 2008, China Fire & Security Group, Inc.’s (the “Company”) 2008
Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held at B-2508
TYG Center, C2 Dongsanhuanbeilu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100027, People’s
Republic of China. The
following seven directors were elected to serve on the Board of Directors until
the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company or until such person
shall resign, be removed or otherwise leave office, whose resumes are attached
as follows:
Mr. Gangjin
Li, Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Li has served as our Chairman of the Board of the Directors since
October 2006. Mr. Li is the founder of Sureland Industrial and its
subsidiaries, and has served as its director and General Manager since its
formation in 1995 and Chairman of the Board since 2000. Prior to founding
Sureland in 1995, he was a Director of Engineering in the 20th Metallurgic
Construction Company of the Ministry of Metallurgy. Mr. Li was a pioneer in
the industrial fire safety industry in China with over 15 years experience
in
the industry. Mr. Li is an executive director of China Fire Protection
Association (CFPA), and vice-chairman of “Electrical Fire Prevention Committee
of CFPA”. Mr. Li is also a member of the US-based “National Fire Protection
Association”. In recognition of his leadership in bringing Sureland to be the
No. 1 company in China’s industrial fire safety industry, Mr. Li was
awarded by City of Beijing an “Beijing Outstanding entrepreneur—Beijing 5th
Torch of Science” in 2002. Mr. Li holds a bachelor’s degree from Wuhan
University of Science and Technology and a Master degree in management science
from Beijing University.
Mr. Brian
Lin, Director and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Lin has served as a director since October, 2006 and as our Chief
Executive Officer and Principle Accounting Officer since October 2006.
Mr. Lin served as Vice President of Sureland since January 2006.
Mr. Lin is an early stage investor and co-founder of Sureland and has been
providing strategic guidance to Sureland since its inception. Prior to joining
the company, from 2001 to 2005, Mr. Lin served as CEO of Beijing Linkhead
Technologies, a company that he co-founded in 1994 and was sold to PacificNet
Inc. (Nasdaq “PACT”) in December 2003. Prior to Linkhead, Mr. Lin was
Director of R&D, Value-added Services Division of UTStarcom (Nasdaq “UTSI”)
and held various management and technical positions with Nortel Networks,
Motorola and Tandem Telecom in the US. Mr. Lin received a bachelor’s degree
in electrical engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology
and
a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Toronto, Canada
in 1989.
Ms. Tieying
Guo, Director and President, Sureland.
Ms. Guo has served as a director since April 2007 and served as President
of Sureland since July 2006. Ms. Guo has over twenty years experience in
China’s fire protection industry where she worked for the Ministry of Public
Security. Prior to joining Sureland, from January 2004 to July 2006,
Ms. Guo was Executive Vice President of China Fire Safety Enterprise Group,
a fire protection equipment and engineering company in China and has been listed
in Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2002. Ms. Guo provided key strategic
guidance in all the M&A activities for China Fire Safety Enterprise Group in
China. From 2000 to 2004, Ms. Guo held management positions with China
Huandao Group, the largest state-owned group which owned almost all the largest
state-owned fire protection companies in China.
Mr.
Xuewen Xiao, Director. Mr.
Xuewen Xiao joined our Board on September 3, 2008 and has been president of
Chongqing Iron & Steel Design & Research Institute and chairman of CISDI
Engineering Co, Ltd, a state-owned company, since March 2003. Mr. Xiao started
his career as an engineer in Chongqing Iron & Steel Design & Research
Institute since April 1994. Mr. Xiao graduated from Tsinghua University with
Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1994.
Mr.
Xianghua Li, Director. Mr.
Xianghua Li joined our Board on September 3, 2008 and has been vice
chairman of China Fire Protection Association since October 2003.
From December 1984 to October 2003, Mr. Li held various
positions in the Ministry of Public Security in charge of fire protection,
equipment planning and staff training. Mr. Li's various positions within Chinese
government were concentrated on fire protection. Mr. Li had his diploma from
Military School of Mechanical Technology.
Mr.
Albert McLelland, Director.
Albert
McLelland joined our Board on September 3, 2008 and has been Senior Managing
Director of AmPac Strategic Capital LLC (AmPac) since 2003. He is also a founder
and managing director of AmPac-TDJ LLC. Prior to the founding of AmPac, Albert
was responsible for cross-border transactions practice of
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) Financial Advisory Services. Albert possesses
extensive investment and merchant banking experience. He has built two Asian
based financial service firms in 1980-1990’s. He also ran corporate finance at
CEF Taiwan Limited. Albert began his investment banking career at Shearson
Lehman underwriting bond issues. Albert holds an MBA degree from the University
of Chicago and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.
He
did his undergraduate studies at the University of South Florida and also
studied Mandarin at the National Normal University in Taiwan.
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.
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CHINA
FIRE & SECURITY GROUP, INC.
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Date:
October 21, 2008
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/s/ Brian
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Name:
Brian Lin
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Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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