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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 25, 2024

 

DATA STORAGE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

(Former Name of Registrant)

 

Nevada   001-35384   98-0530147
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

48 South Service Road

Melville, New York 11747

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

 

212-564-4922

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4I under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13I(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which
registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   DTST   The Nasdaq Capital Market
Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   DTSTW   The Nasdaq Capital Market

  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

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.

 

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Sublease Agreement

 

Data Storage Corporation (the “Company”) entered into Sublease Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2024, with Sentinel Benefits Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Sentinel Benefits Group, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Sublease Agreement”), to sublease certain office space in Melville, NY, which Sublease Agreement became effective March 25, 2024 upon receipt of the consent to the Sublease Agreement from the landlord of the subject property. The Sublease Agreement has a term commencing on April 1, 2024 and expiring on October 30, 2029. The annual minimum rent under the Sublease Agreement is $143,173.00, payable in monthly installments of $11,931.08.

 

The foregoing description of the terms of the Sublease Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sublease Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 above of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number   Exhibit Description
     
10.1   Sublease between Sentinel Benefits Group, LLC and Sentinel Benefits Group, Inc. and Data Storage Corporation, dated as of January 17, 2024
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

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.

 

Dated: March 27, 2024 DATA STORAGE CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ Charles M. Piluso
  Name: Charles M. Piluso
  Title: Chief Executive Officer