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: January 13, 2016

(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 


 

Guidance Software, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

001-33197

 

95-4661210

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

1055 E. Colorado Blvd.,
Pasadena, California

 

91106-2375

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(626) 229-9191

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

N/A

(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:

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

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o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d- 2(b))

 

 

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Item 7.01         Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On January 13, 2016, Mr. Shawn McCreight, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, ceased to be an employee of the Company.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Guidance Software, Inc.

 

 

 

Date: January 13, 2016

By:

/s/ Patrick Dennis

 

Name:

Patrick Dennis

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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