SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF
EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): April 14, 2015
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RESEARCH FRONTIERS
INCORPORATED
(EXACT NAME OF
REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE | 1-9399 | 11 -2103466 |
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Hamburg, Germany April 14, 2015. Research Frontiers licensee Vision Systems continues to demonstrate its reputation for technological innovation this week with Nuance Touchless, a new enhancement to its SPD-Smart Electronically Dimmable Window (EDW) systems. This new solution is being unveiled publicly for the first time at the 2015 Aircraft Interiors Expo being held in Hamburg, Germany from April 14-16, at Vision Systems booth: Stand 4C40. The new system allows passengers to use gestures, much like those used to operate a smart phone, to control the tint of their aircraft windows, but without ever having to touch the window or any other aircraft interior component.
Vision Systems SPD-Smart EDWs provide unprecedented passenger benefits for aircraft of all types. By enabling users to precisely control the amount of daylight and glare coming through windows, passengers can tune the tint to a comfortable level while continuing to enjoy views, rather than blocking their view with a shade. The system delivers many other practical benefits including a cooler cabin due to remarkable thermal insulation properties, and a quieter cabin due to acoustic insulation properties. For aircraft operators and designers, it also promotes a cleaner cabin environment, a sleeker cabin interior look, and saves weight as well as cleaning time and expenses.
With touch-free hand gestures simply moving your hand from side-to-side or up-and-down in front of the window, Nuance Touchless SPD-Smart EDW control options include instantly and precisely selecting the tint level of the entire window, or controlling the amount of light coming through different zones of the window, from top to bottom.
The comfort and benefits a Vision Systems SPD-Smart EDW cabin system delivers extends to all commercial airline passengers it is not just for those with window seats. Cabin-wide control of the amount of light and glare entering the cabin improves the flying experience for everyone, even those seated in the middle section of a two-aisle widebody aircraft. Passenger experience benefits include greater daylighting, enhanced views, and a more open feeling resulting in greater perceived space. The management and harvesting of healthy daylighting instantly transforms the cabin, and synergistically complements other commercial airline cabin systems, such as interior mood lighting systems and in-flight entertainment systems, for an unequalled passenger experience.
Details are noted in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. This press release is also available on the Company's website at www.SmartGlass.com and at various other places on the internet.
This report and the press releases referred to herein may include statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements as referenced in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements usually contain words such as "believe", "estimate", "project", "intend", "expect", or similar expressions. Any forward-looking statements are made by the Company in good faith, pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Act. These forward-looking statements reflect management's current views and projections regarding economic conditions, industry environments and Company performance. Factors, which could significantly change results, include but are not limited to: sales performance, expense levels, competitive activity, interest rates, changes in the Company's financial condition and several business factors. Additional information regarding these and other factors may be included in the Company's quarterly 10-Q and 10K filings and other public documents, copies of which are available from the Company on request. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this report.
The information in this Form 8-K or the press release reproduced herein shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Research Frontiers Press Release dated April 14, 2015.
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.
RESEARCH FRONTIERS INCORPORATED | ||
/s/ Seth L. Van Voorhees | ||
By: | Seth L. Van Voorhees | |
Title: | CFO and VP, Business Development |
Dated: April 15, 2015