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 UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 4, 2017 (August 3, 2017)
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ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
 
001-32919
 
20-3672603
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
12300 Grant Street
Thornton, Colorado
 
 
 
80241
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    (720) 872-5000
Not Applicable
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.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) on August 3, 2017. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of such voting are set forth below.
Proposal 1 - Election of one Class 3 director to serve until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders and their successors have been elected and qualified.
Nominee
Votes For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Victor Lee
1,478,934,728
176,208,395
2,682,238,674

The director nominee was duly elected.

Mr. Winston Xu (Xu Biao), also a director whose term was ending, retired from the board at the completion of the 2017 Annual Meeting.

Proposal 2 - Ratification of appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
3,910,570,742
386,165,561
40,645,494
0

Proposal 2 was approved.
Proposal 3 - Non-binding advisory approval of the compensation of our executive officers.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
1,380,435,083
207,586,439
67,121,601
2,682,238,674

Proposal 3 was approved.







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.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
 
 
August 4, 2017
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Victor Lee
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name: Victor Lee
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Title: Chief Executive Officer