ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

On January 27, 2020, CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an exchange agreement (the "Exchange Agreement") with Atlas Sciences, LLC (the "Lender"), pursuant to which the Company and the Lender agreed to (i) partition a new promissory note in the original principal amount equal to $100,000 (the "Partitioned Promissory Note) from the outstanding balance of certain promissory note that the Company issued to the Lender on July 24, 2019, which has an original principal amount of $1,395,000, and (ii) exchange the Partitioned Promissory Note for the issuance of 160,256 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Shares") to the Lender. According to the Exchange Agreement, the Shares are required to be delivered to the Lender on or before January 29, 2020 and the exchange will occur upon the Lender's surrender of the Partitioned Promissory Note to the Company on the date when the Shares are eligible for free trading.

The foregoing descriptions of the Exchange Agreement are not complete and are qualified in their entireties by reference to the full text of the Exchange Agreement, copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 2.03. CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, to the extent required by this Item 2.03, is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information contained above in Item 1.01 regarding the issuance of the Shares pursuant to the Exchange Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The offer and sale of such Shares were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), in reliance on an exemption from registration under Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, in that (a) the Shares were issued in exchange for the Partitioned Promissory Note held by the Lender; (b) there was no additional consideration of value being delivered by the Lender in connection with the exchange; and (c) there were no commissions or other remuneration being paid by the Company in connection with the exchange.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.





(d) Exhibits



Exhibit   Description

10.1        Exchange Agreement between the Company and Atlas Sciences, LLC, dated
          January 27, 2020




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