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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): February 25, 2016
 
root9B Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of Company as specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
 
000-50502
 
20-0443575
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employee Identification No.)
 
4521 Sharon Road, Suite 300
Charlotte, North Carolina  28211
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(704) 521-8077
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)
 
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 25, 2016, root9B Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a letter agreement (the “Amendment”) with Kenneth T. Smith, the Company’s former Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to which the Company and Mr. Smith agreed to amend that certain Independent Contractor Consulting Agreement dated November 11, 2015 by and between the Company and Mr. Smith (the “Agreement”). The Amendment extends the term of the Agreement until March 13, 2016, unless sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement. A copy of the Agreement was included with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2015. Except as modified by the Amendment, all other terms of the Agreement remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

The foregoing description of the principal terms of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
 
Letter Agreement, dated February 25, 2016, by and between the root9B Technologies, Inc. and Kenneth T. Smith.

 
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
ROOT9B TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
       
Dated: February 25, 2016
By:
/s/   
    Joseph J. Grano  
    Chief Executive Officer  
       
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
 
Letter Agreement, dated February 25, 2016, by and between the root9B Technologies, Inc. and Kenneth T. Smith.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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