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): March 2, 2020

AMESITE INC.

(Name of registrant in its charter)

Delaware	000-55804	82-1433756
(State or jurisdiction of	(Commission File	(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)	Number)	Identification No.)

205 East Washington Street, Suite B

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

(Address of principal executive offices)

(650) 516-7633

(Registrant’s telephone number)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

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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 March 9, 2020, the board of directors of Amesite Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Dr. Gilbert Omenn as a Class III member of the board of directors, effective March 31, 2020, to fill a vacancy.

Dr. Omenn is the Harold T. Shapiro Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan. Dr. Omenn brings decades of public-company board experience, including 27 years with Amgen, Inc, (NASDAQ: AMGN) and 22 years with Rohm & Haas Company (acquired by Dow Chemical Co. in 2009). He was Dean of the University of Washington School of Public Health & Community Medicine (1982-1997) and then Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at the University of Michigan and CEO of the UM Health System (1997-2002). In addition, he was a White House Fellow at the Atomic Energy Commission (1973-1974), Associate Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy and the Office of Management and Budget (1977-1981), on the advisory council for the AAAS “Project 2061: Science for all Americans” (1986-1996), chair of the Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment & Risk Management (1994-1997), President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, 2006), member of the Scientific Management Review Board for the NIH (2012-2014), member of the Council of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM, 2015-2017), and currently a member of the Policy & Global Affairs Committee of the National Academies.

On March 2, 2020, Edward Frank resigned from his role as a Class III member of the board of directors of the Company, effective March 31, 2020. Mr. Frank’s resignation is not based on any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies, or practices.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On March 9, 2020 the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Dr. Omenn. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Item 8.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date of this Current Report, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated March 9, 2020

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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.

	AMESITE INC.

Date: March 10, 2020	By:	/s/ Ann Marie Sastry, Ph.D
		Ann Marie Sastry, Ph.D Chief Executive Officer

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