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):  December 9, 2019AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)California1-0878994-2918118(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)(Commission File Number)(IRS Employer Identification No.)Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 410, San Francisco, CA 94111(Address of principal executive offices)Registrant’s telephone number, including area code415-788-5300(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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 Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registeredAmerican Shared Hospital Services Common Stock, No Par ValueAMSNYSE AMERICAN
 
 
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 Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
 American Shared Hospital Services (the “Company”) has announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ernest A. Bates, M.D., Chief Operating and Financial Officer Craig K. Tagawa, and Vice President of Sales and Business Development Ernest R. Bates will present at the 12 th Annual LD Micro Main Event 2019 Conference on December 10, 2019. The Company intends to use the presentation furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K at the conference. The slides from the presentation are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and are hereby incorporated by reference.
 
 Certain Information
 
 The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 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, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 
 Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 (d) Exhibits.
 
 Exhibit 99.1 Presentation material from the 12th Annual LD Micro Main Event 2019 Conference, dated December 10, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 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.
 American Shared Hospital ServicesDate:December 9, 2019By:/s/ Ernest A. Bates, M.D.Name:Ernest A. Bates, M.D.Title:Chairman and Chief Executive Officer