ja-solar_6k.htm
FORM
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
Report of
Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of October 2009
Commission
File Number: 001-33290
JA
Solar Holdings Co., Ltd.
36 Jiang
Chang San Road,
Zhabei,
Shanghai, China 200436
The
People’s Republic of China
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This Form
6-K consists of:
A press
release regarding the appointment of Mr. Yuwen Zhao as an independent director,
the resignation of Mr. Huaijin Yang as vice chairman and board member and the
resignation of Mr. Honghua Xu as board member of JA Solar Holding Co., Ltd. (the
“Registrant”), made by the Registrant in English on October 19,
2009.
JA
Solar Announces Changes to its Board of Directors
SHANGHAI,
Oct 19, 2009 -- JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: JASO), a leading
manufacturer of high-performance solar products, today announced the appointment
of Mr. Yuwen Zhao as an independent member of its board of directors, effective
immediately. Concurrently, the company announced that its board of directors has
accepted Mr. Huaijin (Samuel) Yang’s resignation as vice chairman and board
member. Mr. Yang, who founded JA Solar in 2005, is leaving the company to pursue
various other business interests. Mr. Honghua Xu is leaving the JASO board to
focus on his other professional endeavors.
Mr. Yuwen
Zhao has extensive experience in the study of high efficiency solar cell and
solar energy materials. He is a well-known international solar industry expert,
currently serving as vice chairman of the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries
Association and is a director of international solar energy industry
associations such as PVSEC and WCPEC. Since 1978, Mr. Zhao has been vice
chairman, chief engineer, director of academy committee and chief scientist of
Beijing Solar Energy Institute. He is also a member of the editorial board of
Solar Energy Journal.
Prior to his engagement at Beijing Solar Energy Institute, Mr. Zhao was a
researcher in the Institute of Mechanics in the Chinese Academy of Sciences and
501 Institute of Ministry of Aerospace Industry. He is also the founder of
Chinese National New Energy Engineering Research Center. Mr. Zhao graduated from
Tianjin University in 1964 and studied in Germany in 1990 and 1991.
"I would
like to welcome Mr. Zhao to the JA Solar board of directors," said Mr. Baofang
Jin, CEO and chairman of JA Solar. "We are eager to benefit from his extensive
experience in the renewable energy industry and expect that his guidance will
further strengthen our company," said Mr. Jin.
"On
behalf of the board and the company, I would like to express our sincere
gratitude to Mr. Yang and Mr. Xu for their dedicated service and support to JA
Solar over the years,” he said. “We especially appreciate Mr. Yang’s leadership
and contributions since JA Solar’s founding and we wish him success in his
future endeavors.”
About
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd.
JA Solar
Holdings Co., Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of high-performance solar cells.
The company sells its products to solar manufacturers worldwide, who assemble
and integrate solar cells into modules and systems that convert sunlight into
electricity for residential, commercial, and utility-scale power generation. For
more information, please visit http://www.jasolar.com
For
more information, please contact:
For JA
Solar
Deborah
Stapleton/Alexis Pascal
Stapleton
Communications Inc.
650.470.0200
deb@stapleton.com;
alexis@stapleton.com
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 under-signed, thereunto duly
authorized.
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By
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Baofang
Jin
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Name:
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Baofang
Jin
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Date:
October 19, 2009