UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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 30, 2016

~~February~~APPLIED 15VISUAL SCIENCES, ~~2014~~INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

APPLIED VISUAL SCIENCES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	000-28238	54-1521616
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Delaware	000-28238	54-1521616
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

525K East Market Street, # 116, Leesburg, Virginia 20176

~~525K East Market Street, # 116, Leesburg, Virginia 20176~~ (Address of ~~principal~~Principal ~~executive~~Executive ~~offices~~Offices, ~~zip~~Zip ~~code~~Code)

(703) 539-6190

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable (Former ~~name~~Name or ~~former~~Former ~~address~~Address, if ~~changed~~Changed ~~since~~Since ~~last~~Last ~~report~~Report)

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~~Item~~Section ~~5.02~~8 ~~Departure~~– ofOther ~~Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.~~Events

OnItem ~~February 15, 2014, Mr~~8.01 ~~Sean~~– W.Other Kennedy, a Director of Applied Visual Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) since July 14, 2003, notified the Company of his decision to resign effective immediately. Mr. Kennedy had previously served as a member of Company’s Audit, Nominating, Compensation and Special Committees during his tenure, and was a consultant to the Company since May 27, 2008. Mr. Kennedy’s position on the board will remain open until the company is able to find a suitable replacement.Events

MrOn March 30, 2016, Applied Visual Sciences, Inc., ~~Kennedy’s~~a ~~resignation~~Delaware iscorporation (the “Company”), filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to ~~that~~voluntarily hederegister ~~can~~its ~~devote~~common ~~his~~stock ~~full~~under ~~attention~~Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”). The Company may deregister its common stock by filing a Form 15 under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act because the Company has fewer than 300 holders of record of its securities. The Company’s obligations to ~~his~~file ~~company~~periodic reports, ~~BND~~such ~~Software~~as Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K, under Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act were suspended upon filing the Form 15. The deregistration under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act is expected to be effective 90 days after filing of the Form 15 at which time the Company’s other ~~activities~~filing requirements under Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act will terminate.

2The Company’s common stock is quoted on the OTC Markets Group, LLC’s OTC Pink Market, a centralized electronic quotation service for over-the-counter securities. For more information about the OTC Pink Market, please see www.otcmarkets.com. The Company expects that its common stock will continue to be traded on the OTC Pink Market as long as market makers demonstrate an interest in trading in the Company’s common stock. However, there is no assurance trading in the Company’s common stock will continue on the OTC Pink Market or on any other securities exchange or quotation medium.

~~SIGNATURES~~The decision of the Company’s Board of Directors to deregister the Company’s common stock was based on the consideration of numerous factors, including the costs of preparing and filing periodic reports with the SEC, the outside accounting, audit, legal and other costs and expenses associated with being a public company, the burdens placed on Company management to comply with reporting requirements, and the low trading volume in the Company’s common stock.

~~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.~~2

~~APPLIED VISUAL SCIENCES, INC. Date: February 19, 2014 By: /s/ Gregory E. Hare Gregory E. Hare Chief Financial Officer~~SIGNATURES

3 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.


		APPLIED VISUAL SCIENCES, INC.
Date: March 30, 2016		By: /s/ William J. Donovan William J. Donovan Chief Executive Officer

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