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): September 7, 2017 | ||
| AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES | ||
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) | ||
| California | 1-08789 | 94-2918118 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 410, San Francisco, CA 94111 | ||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | ||
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 415-788-5300 | ||
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) | ||
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
Sandra A.J. Lawrence, Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President of The Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Kansas, was appointed to the Board of Directors of American Shared Hospital Services at the Company’s quarterly board meeting on September 7, 2017. Ms. Lawrence will receive compensation commensurate with other non-employee directors and will receive an initial option to purchase 5,000 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Automatic Grant Program and 500 restricted stock units under the Incentive Compensation Plan as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated May 1, 2017.
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.
| American Shared Hospital Services | |||||
| Date: | September 12, 2017 | By: | /s/ Ernest A. Bates, M.D. | ||
| Name: | Ernest A. Bates, M.D. | ||||
| Title: | Chairman and CEO | ||||