# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001588084
**File Stem:** 0001477932-25-009264
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
**Character Count:** 4806
**Document Hash:** e40c31a339d35363afda32569287f252
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**0001477932-25-009264.hdr.sgml**: 20251231

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001477932-25-009264

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251231

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251231

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251231

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001588084
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** D8
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-36885
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251615759

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** NO. 10 CEN SHAN RD, SHUIGE INDTRL ZONE
- **STREET 2:** LISHUI CITY
- **CITY:** ZHEJIANG
- **STATE:** F4
- **ZIP:** 323000
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 86 578 226 2309

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** NO. 10 CEN SHAN RD, SHUIGE INDTRL ZONE
- **STREET 2:** LISHUI CITY
- **CITY:** ZHEJIANG
- **STATE:** F4
- **ZIP:** 323000

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 6-K**

**REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16** 

**UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the month of December 2025**

Commission File Number: 001-36885

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| **TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD** |
| (Translation of registrant's name into English) |

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**No. 10 Cen Shan Road, Shuige Industrial Zone**

**Lishui City, Zhejiang Province 323000**

**+86-578-226-2305**

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

**<u>Explanatory Note:</u>**

Tantech Holdings Ltd (the "Company") is filing this Report on Form 6-K to report the final results for the votes for its annual meeting of shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting held on December 30, 2025, a quorum was present and four proposals were submitted to and approved by the shareholders. The proposals were described in detail in the Company's proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2025. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Shareholders elected two Class III members of the Board of Directors for a term expiring in 2027, and a Class I member of the Board for a term expiring in 2028, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The votes for each of the nominees were as follows:

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|  | **For** | **Withheld** | **Abstained** |
| Class III: Yefang Zhang  | 3,711,487 | 35,056 | - |
| Class III: Weilin Zhang  | 3,711,487 | 35,056 | - |
| Class I: Shudong Wang  | 3,703,342 | 43,201 | - |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Shareholders ratified the appointment of YCM CPA, Inc. as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

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| **For** | **Against** | **Abstained** |
| 3,712,557 | 29,169 | 4,818 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. Shareholders approved the Reclassification and Redesignation proposal. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

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| **For** | **Against** | **Abstained** |
| 3,659,429 | 86,778 | 336 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Shareholders approved the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

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| **For** | **Against** | **Abstained** |
| 3,657,146 | 88,440 | 957 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. Shareholders approved such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

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| **For** | **Against** | **Abstained** |
| 3,651,980 | 92,491 | 2,073 |

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**SIGNATURE**

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, thereunto duly authorized.

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|  | **Tantech Holdings Ltd** | **Tantech Holdings Ltd** |
| Date: December 31, 2025 | By: | */s/ Zheyuan Liu* |
|  |  | Zheyuan Liu |
|  |  | Chief Executive Officer |

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