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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001078782-18-000064
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180118
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180124
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180124

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SIGMA LABS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000788611
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES [3990]
		IRS NUMBER:				820404220
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38015
		FILM NUMBER:		18545901

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3900 PASEO DEL SOL
		CITY:			SANTE FE
		STATE:			NM
		ZIP:			87507
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(505) 438-2576

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3900 PASEO DEL SOL
		CITY:			SANTE FE
		STATE:			NM
		ZIP:			87507

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FRAMEWAVES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010130

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MESSIDOR LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010122
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<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><A name=BM000 />UNITED STATES</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>&nbsp;</P>
<P align=center style='font:12pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><B>FORM 8-K </B></P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>&nbsp;</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>&nbsp;</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 18, 2018</P>
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<P align=center style='font:14pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><FONT style='border-bottom:1px solid #000000'><B>SIGMA LABS, INC</B>.</FONT></P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) </P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>&nbsp;</P>
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</TD><TD valign=bottom><P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'> &nbsp;</P>
</TD><TD valign=top style='border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000'><P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><B>001-38015</B></P>
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</TD><TD valign=top style='border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000'><P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><B>27-1865814</B></P>
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<TR style=height:7.2pt><TD valign=top><P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>(State or Other</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>Jurisdiction of</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>Incorporation)</P>
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<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>Identification No.)</P>
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<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE align=center style=border-collapse:collapse;width:65%><TR style=height:7.2pt><TD valign=top style='border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000'><P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><B>3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507</B></P>
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<TR style=height:7.2pt><TD valign=top><P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</P>
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<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>N/A</P>
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<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>&nbsp;</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>Registrant&#8217;s telephone number, including area code: <B>(505) 438-2576</B></P>
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<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>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: </P>
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<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>[ &nbsp;&nbsp;] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P>
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<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>[ &nbsp;&nbsp;] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </P>
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<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>[ &nbsp;&nbsp;] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </P>
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<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter). </P>
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<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>Emerging growth company [ &nbsp;&nbsp;]</P>
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<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ &nbsp;&nbsp;]</P>
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<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman'><B>Item 5.02</B></KBD><KBD style=margin-left:72pt></KBD><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B>&nbsp;</P>
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<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><KBD style=margin-left:36pt></KBD>On January 18, 2018, Kent Summers was appointed to the Board of Directors of Sigma Labs, Inc. (&#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;us,&#8221; &#8220;our,&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;). Mr. Summers was also appointed to serve as a member of the Company's Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. In conjunction with Mr. Summers&#8217; appointment as a director, the Company issued Mr. <A name=_Toc479579586 />Summers 5,814 shares of common stock of the Company, which shares will vest in four equal (as closely as possible), successive quarterly installments beginning on the first quarterly anniversary of the grant date, provided that Mr. Summers remains in our continuous service as a director through the applicable quarterly anniversary date. Mr. Summers entered into the Company&#8217;s standard indemnification agreement for directors. &nbsp;</P>
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<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><KBD style=margin-left:36pt></KBD>Mr. Summers, age 59, currently divides his time among a number of independent activities which focus on early-stage technology company formation and development strategies, and sales planning and execution needs for emerging- and mid-market technology companies located primarily in the Boston metropolitan area, including: management consultant to private and family-owned businesses; volunteer Mentor and Instructor with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Venture Mentoring Services program; regular lectures on enterprise, business-to-business sales to company founders and students enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, the Harvard MBA Program, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a number of domestic and international entrepreneurship support organizations; and consultant to Fellows enrolled in the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative. Mr. Summers has served in those roles at various times from 2003 to the present. From 2009 to the present, Mr. Summers has served as the non-executive Chairman of CADNexus, Inc., and from 2017 to the present, director and Chairman of the Compensation Committee with iQ3 Connect, Inc.&nbsp;</P>
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<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><KBD style=margin-left:36pt></KBD>From 2005 to 2017, Mr. Summers served as Managing Partner at Practical Computer Applications, Inc., a Boston-based database consulting and engineering services firm, where he was responsible for sales planning and execution activities. Prior to Practical Computer Applications, from 2001 to 2005, Mr. Summers provided independent merger &amp; acquisition advisory services to support the sale of privately-owned companies. Over a prior 14-year period, Mr. Summers served in leadership roles at several software and internet start-ups, including: Chairman and CEO of Collego Corporation (acquired by MRO Software), founder and CEO of MyHelpDesk, Inc. (acquired by Support.com), founder of PCMovingVan.com (acquired by a PE firm), and Vice President of Marketing at Electronic Book Technologies, Inc. (acquired by INSO Corporation, formerly listed on Nasdaq).&nbsp;</P>
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<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><KBD style=margin-left:36pt></KBD>Prior to the software industry, Mr. Summers served as Technology Analyst at Electronic Joint Venture Partners LLC and Associate Program Trader on the Options Trading Desk at Bear Stearns &amp; Co. In 1986, Mr. Summers received a BA in English from the University of Houston. Our Board of Directors believes that Mr. Summers is qualified to serve as a member of our Board on the basis of his deep understanding of early-stage business growth strategies, enterprise sales, business acquisitions, as well as his background and extensive company management and leadership experience.&nbsp;</P>
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<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman'><B>Item 8.01</B></KBD><KBD style=margin-left:72pt></KBD><B>Other Events.</B> &nbsp;</P>
<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;text-indent:36pt'> &nbsp;</P>
<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;text-indent:36pt'>As previously reported, on September 18, 2017, we received a notice from Nasdaq stating that, based on its review of our plan of compliance, Nasdaq granted the Company an extension until January 22, 2018 to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5605(b)(1) and 5605(c)(2) by appointing at least one more independent director to our Board of Directors and Audit Committee. </P>
<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;text-indent:36pt'>&nbsp;</P>
<P align=justify style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;text-indent:36pt'>Nasdaq notified us on January 22, 2018 that it had determined that we have regained compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5605(b)(1) and 5605(c)(2) as a result of our appointment of Mr. Summers to our Board of Directors and Audit Committee. </P>
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<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;text-indent:36pt'>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. </P>
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