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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)
October 9, 2017
UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Colorado
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(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
301 Commercial Rd., Unit D
000-54582 Golden, CO 80401 46-5221947
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(Commission File (Address of Principal Executive (IRS Employer
Number) Offices Identification
and Zip Code) Number)
(303) 386-7321
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
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(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 9, 2017 Earnest Blackmon resigned as the Company's Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer. Following his resignation, the Company
appointed John Walsh as the Company's Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer.
John Walsh (age 72) is a former partner of the international accounting
firm of Touche Ross & CO. (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited), and has over
40 years of experience in the accounting and financial services industry,
including reporting requirements and GAAP oversight for publicly registered
companies. Since 1998, and subsequent to his professional association with
Deloitte, he has provided independent consulting services to such companies as
AT&T Broadband (now Comcast), the Casualty Insurance Division of CNA Financial,
the Construction Division of Lafarge North America, and Crown Media (the
Hallmark cable and movie channel). At Crown Media, Mr. Walsh served as their
interim Chief Financial Officer for a three-year period. Prior to joining United
Cannabis Corporation, he served, between December 2013 and January 2017, as an
accounting consultant to a public company that provided cultivation facility
leasing and fulfilment series to license holders of retail and medical marijuana
outlets in the state of Colorado. The Company believes that his accounting and
financial industry experience, coupled with his public company reporting
knowledge in the cannabis industry, enables Mr. Walsh to be a valuable member of
the Company's management.
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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.
UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION
Dated: October 10, 2017 By: /s/ Chad Ruby
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Chad Ruby
Chief Operating Officer
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