Summary of CHINA BAK BATTERY INC

ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

On November 15, 2012, the Board of Directors of China BAK Battery, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Ms. Martha Agee ("Ms. Agee") as a director of the Company to fill the vacancies created by the resignation of Mr. Jonathan Christopher Paugh on October 3, 2012. Ms. Agee was appointed by the board to each of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees and will act as the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. In addition, the board determined that Ms. Agee is an "independent director" as defined by Rule 5605(a)(2) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules.

Since 1997, Ms. Agee has been a senior lecturer of business law at Hankamer School of Business of Baylor University where she teaches courses in the Legal Environment of Business, International Business Law, and Healthcare Law & Ethics for graduate and undergraduate students. Prior to that, Ms. Agee practiced law at Law Office of Derrel Luce from 1994 to 1996. Ms. Agee obtained her bachelor's degree in Accounting in 1976 and Juris Doctorate degree in 1988 from Baylor University.

Ms. Agee will receive an annual fee of $61,000 as compensation for the services to be provided by her as an independent director. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Agee and any other persons pursuant to which she was selected as a director and there are no transactions between the Company and Ms. Agee that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

On November 21, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Ms. Agee. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.