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 29, 2017
 
 
root9B Holdings, Inc. 
(Exact name of Company as specified in Charter)
 
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
000-50502
(Commission File No.)
 
20-0443575
(IRS Employee Identification No.)
 
102 N. Cascade Avenue, Suite 220
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(602) 889-1137
(Issuer Telephone number)
 
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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
On August 29, 2017, each of Norman Stout, Dieter Gable, and Colleen McKeown separately informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of root9B Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) that they had determined not to become a director. Messrs. Stout and Gable and Ms. McKeown had been elected to the Board, effective October 1, 2017, at the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Messrs. Stout and Gable and Ms. McKeown each indicated the pending foreclosure sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets by its secured creditors and the considerable doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue operations following the foreclosure sale, among other things, motivated each of their decisions to resign as a director-elect of the Company.
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Dated: August 30, 2017
 
ROOT9B HOLDINGS, INC.
 
 
By:  /s/ William Hoke                                                        
Name: William Hoke
Title: Chief Financial Officer