Current Report Filing (8-k)

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

July 2, 2013

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Rotate Black, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Nevada		0-14039		75-3225181
(State or Other Jurisdiction		(Commission		(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)

 

932 Spring Street, Suite 201

PETOSKEY, MI 49770

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

231/347-0777

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

NOT APPLICABLE

(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:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 5.02 Appointment of Certain Officers.

 

Rotate Black, Inc. has hired Alan J. Bailey, to serve as its Chief Financial Officer. Alan  is a finance veteran in the entertainment industry having served as a Senior Financial Executive of Paramount Pictures for 35 years, including being its Treasurer.

 

Alan replaces the Company’s former CFO, Jeff Bacigalupi who resigned on June 20, 2013.

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

	Rotate Black, Inc. (Registrant)
Date: July 2, 2013	By:	/s/ JOHN C. PAULSEN
		Name:  John C. Paulsen
		Title:  Chief Executive Officer

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