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

 

 

           BRIDGELINE DIGITAL, INC.          

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 Delaware 

 

 001-33567

 

  52-2263942

  (State or other

 

 (Commission

 

  (IRS Employer

 jurisdiction of   

 

 File Number)

 

 Identification No.)

 incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

80 Blanchard Road

Burlington, MA 01803

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

 

 

     (781) 376-5555     

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

(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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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On February 25, 2016, Bridgeline Digital, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Restricted Stock Agreement (the “Agreement”) with each member of its Board of Directors who is not an employee of the Company in order to grant such Director shares of restricted common stock of the Company in lieu of quarterly cash compensation for their services as a Director during the 2016 fiscal year.

 

The number of shares of restricted stock to be issued to each Director was calculated by dividing the cash fees which would be paid to each Director for services on the Board of Directors for the 2016 fiscal year by the closing price of the Company’s common stock, as reported by the NASDAQ Capital Market, on February 24, 2015. A total of 107,692 shares of common stock were granted to the non-employee Directors pursuant to the Agreements in lieu of cash compensation. The restricted stock will vest over the 2016 fiscal year provided that each Director remains on the Board of Directors.

 

A copy of the form of Agreement will be included as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 10-Q. The foregoing description of the exhibit does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such document, which is incorporated by reference.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

BRIDGELINE DIGITAL, INC.

 

  (Registrant)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael D. Prinn

 

 

 

Michael D. Prinn

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

    Chief Financial Officer  

 

 

Date: March 2, 2016