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): December 2, 2016

GREAT BASIN SCIENTIFIC, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

420 E. South Temple, Suite 520

Salt Lake City, UT

(Address of principal executive offices)

84111

(Zip code)

(801) 990-1055

(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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

2016 Note Waiver

As previously disclosed on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 29, 2016, on June 29, 2016, the Company into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “2016 SPA”) in relation to the issuance and sale by the Company to certain buyers as set forth in the Schedule of Buyers attached to the 2016 SPA (the “ 2016 Note Buyers”) of $75 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured convertible notes (the “2016 Notes”) and related Series H common stock purchase warrants (the “Series H Warrants”) exercisable to acquire 56,250,000 shares of common stock.

On December 2, 2016, the Company and certain 2016 Note Buyers holding enough of the 2016 Notes and Series H Warrants to constitute the required holders under Section 9(e) of the 2016 SPA and Section 19 of the 2016 Notes entered into waiver agreements to waive (i) the breach by the Company of Section 4(n)(ii) of the SPA solely with respect to (x) the Company’s filing of an amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-213144 ) related to an offering of Units, (y) the Company’s filing of subsequent amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-213144) to complete the offering of Units and (z) the Company’s consummation of the offering of Units pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-213144) no later than February 28, 2017 and (ii) the event of default arising under Section 4(a)(x) of the 2016 Notes due to the Company’s failure to comply with Section 4(n)(ii) of the 2016 SPA as described in the immediately preceding clause (i) above.

The foregoing is a summary description of the material terms of the 2016 Note Waiver Agreement with respect to the 2016 Notes and is qualified in its entirety by the form of the 2016 Note Waiver Agreement, attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference to this Item 1.01.

Item 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders

The information disclosed in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

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.

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