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): March 22, 2016 (March 16, 2016)

TWINLAB CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 651-8500

 (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:

On March 16, 2016, the Board also caused the termination of employment of (i) Glenn C. Wolfson, Chief Administrative Officer of Twinlab Consolidation Corporation (“TCC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and (ii) Kathleen C. Pastor, Executive Vice President, Retail Sales of the Company.

Ms. Whittel, age 42, founded Organic Holdings LLC in 2009 and served as Chief Executive Officer of such company and its affiliates since inception.

As previously reported in the Company’s (i) Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 22, 2014, (ii) Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 19, 2015 and (iii) Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2015 (collectively, the “Current Reports”), TCC entered into an option agreement in September 2014 (as further amended, the “Option Agreement”) that gave TCC an exclusive option to acquire all of the outstanding equity of a marketer and distributor of nutritional products. Pursuant to the exercise of the option, effective August 13, 2015, TCC entered into a Unit Purchase Agreement, as amended (the “Purchase Agreement”), with Naomi L. Whittel and Robert G. Whittel (the “Sellers”), pursuant to which at the closing of the acquisition TCC would acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of Organic Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Organic”), from the Sellers and the other members of Organic.

The transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement were consummated on October 5, 2015.

Organic, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the business of developing and selling premium nutritional supplements, including under the well-known Reserveage™ Nutrition family of brands.

Health, KP LLC (“Health”), an affiliate of the Sellers, owns an aggregate of 3,493,450 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”). The Company granted Health certain registration rights for the shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by Health.

Upon the October 5, 2015 closing of the Organic acquisition, Ms. Whittel was appointed as an executive of TCC and she entered into an Employment Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2015, with TCC (the “Employment Agreement”). The terms of the Employment Agreement were disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2015. The Company and Ms. Whittel are still in the process of determining changes that may be made to the terms of her employment as a result of her new position with the Company but have agreed that Ms. Whittel’s base salary is increased to $300,000 per year effective as of March 16, 2016.

The foregoing descriptions of the (i) Option Agreement; (ii) Purchase Agreement; and (iii) Employment Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the summaries of each document included in the Current Reports, which are specifically incorporated herein by reference, as well as the full text of the (x) Purchase Agreement and (y) Employment Agreement, which documents were filed as exhibits to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2015.

On March 17, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing Ms. Whittel’s appointment as Chief Executive Officer. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report.

The information in subsection (c) regarding the Organic acquisition, Ms. Whittel’s employment with the Company and the shares of Common Stock owned by Health is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

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.

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