form8-k_17419f.htm


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):  October 18, 2012



ZAP
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)




                 
California
            
001-32534
                      
94-3210624
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
           
(Commission File Number)
                       
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
 
          
501 Fourth Street
Santa Rosa, CA
                                        
95401
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                                        
(Zip Code)

(707) 525-8658
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
 
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 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
(b)    Effective October 18, 2012 Co Nguyen  was appointed to the Board of Directors of ZAP.

Mr. Nguyen serves as Chief Financial Officer of Cathaya Capital.  He has in-depth experience in corporate finance and corporate management.  Mr. Nguyen was previously Corporate Finance Director of Jaccar Holdings Vietnam.  Before joining Jaccar Holdings in 2008, he was Deputy Director of Corporate Strategy and Finance Department of Prudential Life Insurance (Vietnam).  Mr. Nguyen also has spent 7 years with FedEx in France as Senior Financial Advisor and 3-year professional experience with Ernst & Young as an auditor.  Mr. Nguyen received his Master in Auditing and Consulting from “Ecole Supérieure de commerce de Paris”, France and MBA in International Business in 2000.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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.
 
 
 
 
ZAP
 
     
     
     
       
Dated:  November 14, 2012
By:
/s/ Priscilla M. Lu  
   
Priscilla M. Lu
 
   
Chairman of the Board
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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