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): August 30, 2017

DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (585) 325-3610

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

The disclosure set forth below in Item 3.02 (Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities) is incorporated into this Item 1.01.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities

On August 30, 2017, Document Security Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) agreed to sell 1,200,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.02 per share (the “Common Stock”), to two related party accredited investors (the “Purchasers”) for an aggregate purchase price of $900,000, pursuant to a series of Securities Purchase Agreements between the Company and the Purchasers. Completion and closing of the sale is contingent upon certain customary closing conditions being met, including approval of an Additional Listing Application by the NYSE American Exchange. Upon closing of the sale, the Purchasers will also receive accompanying five-year warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 240,000 additional shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share (the “Warrants”). The warrants do not provide for a cashless exercise feature.

Neither the Common Stock issued in connection with the sale, the Warrants, nor the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (collectively, the “Securities”) have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and are being issued and sold in reliance upon the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. These Securities may not be offered or sold by the Purchasers in the United States in the absence of an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

The form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant and Securities Purchase Agreement are filed as exhibits 4.1 and 10.1 to this report, respectively. The foregoing summary descriptions of the terms of the Common Stock Purchase Warrant and the Securities Purchase Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full texts of each such exhibit.

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.