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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)

 

June 22, 2015

 

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Research Solutions, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Nevada

(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

 

0-53501

(Commission File Number)

  11-3797644
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 

5435 Balboa Boulevard, Suite 202

Encino, CA 91316

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and zip code)

 

 

(310) 477-0354

(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 registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12(b))
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 
 

 

Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On June 22, 2015, the Registrant’s Board of Directors (“Board”), pursuant to authority granted under the Registrant’s Bylaws, increased the authorized number of members of the Board to seven, and appointed John Regazzi to fill the newly created vacancy.

 

Mr. Regazzi is an information services and IT industry innovator, with more than four decades of experience. He is currently managing director of Akoya Capital Partners, a private equity investment fund, where for the last few years he has served as its professional information services sector leader. He has also been a professor at the Long Island University’s College of Education, Information and Technology since 2005, and has served as dean of LIU’s College of Information and Computer Science. Before joining Akoya Capital Partners, Mr. Regazzi served for several years as CEO of Elsevier Inc. and managing director of the NYSE-listed Reed Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher and information services company for journal and related scientific, technical and medical content. At Reed Elsevier, he oversaw its expansive electronic publishing portfolio, with a program staff of 3,000 and revenues exceeding $1 billion. He was previously CEO of Engineering Information, which he helped turnaround before being acquired by Reed Elsevier. Regazzi earned his BS from St. Johns University, MA from University of Iowa, MS from Columbia University, and PhD. in Information Science from Rutgers University.

 

On June 25, 2015, the registrant issued a press release entitled Research Solutions Elects Former Elsevier CEO John Regazzi to Board of Directors. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
99.1   Press release entitled “Research Solutions Elects Former Elsevier CEO John Regazzi to Board of Directors” dated June 25, 2015.

 

 
 

 

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.

 

  RESEARCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
     
Date:  June 25, 2015 By:   /s/ Alan Urban
    Alan Urban
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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