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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>U</b><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>NITED STATES </b></font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:18pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FORM 8-K</b><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:18pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>CURRENT REPORT<br>
<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 </font></b><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><b>o</b><b>r 15(d) of </b><b>t</b><b>he Securities Exchange Act of 1934</b> </font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </b><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><u><b>October </b></u><u><b>6</b></u><u><b>, 20</b></u><u><b>1</b></u><u><b>7</b></u></font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:24pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Milestone</b><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:24pt;"><b> </b><b>Scientific</b><b> Inc.</b> </font></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>00</b><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><b>1</b><b>-</b><b>14053</b><br>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>13-3545623</b><br>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>220 South Orange Avenue, </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Registrant<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code <b>(</b><b>973) 535-2717</b> </font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">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 Instructions A.2. below):</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&#9744;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"> Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&#9744;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"> Soliciting material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&#9744;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&#9744;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:30.6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:30.6pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&#9744;</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">On <font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">October 6, 2017, the Board of Directors of Milestone Scientific Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) appointed Michael McGeehan as a new independent director of the Company, to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company. The Board also appointed Mr. McGeehan to the Audit Committee, replacing Leslie Bernhard, the Company&rsquo;s current Chairman of the Board, who was recently appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and appointed Leonard Schiller, a current member of the Audit Committee, as Chairman of the Audit Committee.</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">Michael McGeehan<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"> is a business consultant with 30 years of experience in a variety of business domains, including financial services, medical and healthcare products, consumer package goods and the software technology industry. Mr. McGeehan started his career at Metaphor Computer Systems in 1988 and then went to work at Microsoft Corporation in 1991. In 1995, Mr. McGeehan left Microsoft and founded Forefront Information Strategies, an information technology consulting firm. In 2002, Mr. McGeehan returned to Microsoft where he worked until 2017, when he returned to and re-started Forefront. Mr. McGeehan is on the Board of Directors at Wand Dental Inc., a maker of a painless, anesthetic injection system for dentists. Mr. McGeehan has a Masters in Business Administration from Pace University and a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Marquette University.</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">In addition, the Board appointed current director <font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">Edward J. Zelnick, M.D. to the Compensation Committee to replace Ms. Bernhard and appointed Mr. Schiller, a current member of the Compensation Committee, as Chairman of the Compensation Committee. The Board also appointed Mr. Schiller to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.</font>&nbsp;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SIGNATURES </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the <font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </font></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>Milestone Scientific</b><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b> Inc.<br>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Date<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">d: October&nbsp;6, 2017&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ <font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">Joseph D&rsquo;Agostino&nbsp;</font></p>
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mlss20171006_8k.htm
U
NITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington
, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13
o
r 15(d) of
t
he Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
October
6
, 20
1
7
Milestone
Scientific
Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
00
1
-
14053
(Commission
File Number)
13-3545623
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
220 South Orange Avenue,
Livingston Corporate Park
Livingston, New Jersey
(Address of principal executive offices)
07034
0
(Zip Code)
Registrant
's telephone number, including area code
(
973) 535-2717
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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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
October 6, 2017, the Board of Directors of Milestone Scientific Inc. (the "Company") appointed Michael McGeehan as a new independent director of the Company, to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company. The Board also appointed Mr. McGeehan to the Audit Committee, replacing Leslie Bernhard, the Company's current Chairman of the Board, who was recently appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and appointed Leonard Schiller, a current member of the Audit Committee, as Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Michael McGeehan
is a business consultant with 30 years of experience in a variety of business domains, including financial services, medical and healthcare products, consumer package goods and the software technology industry. Mr. McGeehan started his career at Metaphor Computer Systems in 1988 and then went to work at Microsoft Corporation in 1991. In 1995, Mr. McGeehan left Microsoft and founded Forefront Information Strategies, an information technology consulting firm. In 2002, Mr. McGeehan returned to Microsoft where he worked until 2017, when he returned to and re-started Forefront. Mr. McGeehan is on the Board of Directors at Wand Dental Inc., a maker of a painless, anesthetic injection system for dentists. Mr. McGeehan has a Masters in Business Administration from Pace University and a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Marquette University.
In addition, the Board appointed current director
Edward J. Zelnick, M.D. to the Compensation Committee to replace Ms. Bernhard and appointed Mr. Schiller, a current member of the Compensation Committee, as Chairman of the Compensation Committee. The Board also appointed Mr. Schiller to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
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.
Milestone Scientific
Inc.
Date
d: October 6, 2017
By:
/s/
Joseph D'Agostino
Joseph D
'Agostino
Chief Financial Officer