Current Report Filing (8-k)
January 17 2017 - 9:16AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): January 12, 2017
DOCUMENT
SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New
York
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1-32146
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16-1229730
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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(File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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200
Canal View Boulevard
Suite
300
Rochester,
NY
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14623
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
(585) 325-3610
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item
5.02 Departure of Directors; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Directors; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective
on January 12, 2017, Document Security Systems, Inc. (“Company”) appointed Mr. Heng Fai Ambrose Chan as a member
of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), to fill one of the Board’s available vacancies. Mr.
Chan is a citizen and resident of the Republic of Singapore, and qualifies as an independent director. He will serve as a director
of the Company until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders. It is anticipated that he may also serve on either
the Board’s Compensation and Management Resources Committee or its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at some
point during his term as a director of the Company.
Mr.
Chan’s expertise lies in the areas of entrepreneurship and business restructuring. For the past 40 years, he has participated
in the restructuring of dozens of corporations in various industries and countries. Mr. Chan currently serves as the Chief Executive
Officer of Singapore eDevelopment Limited, a publicly traded company which trades on the Singapore Stock Exchange. The Company
believes that Mr. Chan’s international business contacts and experience will be valuable in expanding the Company’s
marketing and sales efforts abroad.
A
copy of the press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Chan is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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Document
Security Systems, Inc. press release dated January 17, 2017
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
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DOCUMENT
SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
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Dated:
January 17, 2017
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By:
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/s/
Jeffrey Ronaldi
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Jeffrey
Ronaldi
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Chief
Executive Officer
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