<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000744825-20-000005.txt : 20200330
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000744825-20-000005
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200330
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200330
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200330

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000744825
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MEDICAL LABORATORIES [8071]
		IRS NUMBER:				942918118
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08789
		FILM NUMBER:		20757538

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 EMBARCADERO CENTER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 410
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111
		BUSINESS PHONE:		415-788-5300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 EMBARCADERO CENTER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 410
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i853bacb3e39e4caca7efb18e7c1c0fd1_1"></div><div style="height:72pt;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#160;</font></div><div style="padding-left:2pt;margin-bottom:9.75pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%;">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:24pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%;">&#160;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:18pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%;">UNITED STATES</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%;"> </font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%;"> </font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%;">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:18pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:80%;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:24pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:98.784%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:30.161%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:16.277%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td 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style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)&#58; March 30, 2020</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="height:15pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="height:15pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i65f3fb4f472a46ef8b79ea92067c26ef_1"></div><div style="height:72pt;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:8pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%;">American Shared Hospital Services Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End 2019 Earnings   Conference Call</font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:8pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">Conference Call on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at &#91;3&#58;00pm ET &#47; 12&#58;00pm PT&#93;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">San Francisco, CA, March 30, 2020 --&#160;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%;">American Shared Hospital Services (NYSE American&#58; AMS)</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">, a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy solutions, today announced that the Company will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter and year end 2019 financial results on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at &#91;3&#58;00pm Eastern Time &#47; 12&#58;00pm Pacific Time&#93;. Fourth quarter and yearend financial results of 2019 will be released premarket the morning of Thursday, April 2, 2020.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%;">Date&#47;Time</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">Thursday, April 2, 2020 at &#91;3&#58;00pm ET &#47; 12&#58;00pm PT&#93;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%;">Teleconference and Webcast Information</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">To participate, please call 1 (800) 774-6070 at least 5 minutes prior to the start of the call, and enter passcode number&#58; 5891510#.  A simultaneous Webcast of the call may be accessed through the Company's website,&#160;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0563c1;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;text-decoration: underline;">www.ashs.com</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">, or&#160;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0563c1;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;text-decoration: underline;">www.streetevents.com</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">&#160;(institutional investors). &#160;A replay will be available until </font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">April 16, 2020</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;"> at the same internet addresses, or by dialing </font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">1 (888) 843-7419</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;"> and entering </font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">5891510# </font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">when prompted.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%;">About American Shared Hospital Services (NYSE American&#58; AMS)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;">American Shared Hospital Services provides turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services.&#160; AMS is the world leader in providing Gamma Knife radiosurgery equipment, a non-invasive treatment for malignant and benign brain tumors, vascular malformations and trigeminal neuralgia (facial pain).&#160; The Company also offers proton therapy, and the latest IGRT and IMRT systems. For more information, please visit&#58;&#160;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0563c1;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;text-decoration: underline;">www.ashs.com</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><img alt="image01.jpg" src="image01.jpg" style="height:1px;width:1px;"></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Contacts&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">American Shared Hospital Services</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Ernest A. Bates, M.D.</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">P&#58; (415) 788-5300</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">eabates&#64;ashs.com</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Investor Relations</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">PCG Advisory Group</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Stephanie Prince</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">P&#58; (646) 762-4518</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">sprince&#64;pcgadvisory.com</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:72pt;"><div style="position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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