---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-022232"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RSSS"
cik: "0001386301"
company_name: "Research Solutions, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T08:20:48.262054+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Research Solutions appoints Barbara J. Cooperman to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from five to six directors; Cooperman appointed effective Feb 8, 2022.
- Cooperman brings 20+ years board experience; former global CMO at LexisNexis and Elsevier.
- Her expertise in scientific publishing and M&A aligns with product expansion strategy.
- She currently serves on multiple tech boards and is an NACD Governance Fellow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-022232
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RSSS
- cik: 0001386301
- company_name: Research Solutions, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1386301/000110465922022232/0001104659-22-022232-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1386301/000110465922022232/tm226559d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-022232
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-022232.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-022232.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Barbara J. Cooperman was appointed as Director at Research Solutions, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective February 8, 2022, pursuant to the authority granted under the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, the Registrant’s Board of Directors (“Board”) increased the number of directors constituting the Board to six, and appointed Barbara J. Cooperman to fill the vacant seat on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1386301/000110465922022232/0001104659-22-022232-index.htm

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