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):
June 18, 2010

RETAIL OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENTS CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
001-33749
(Commission File Number)
 
26-0500600
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
3 Manhattanville Road, Purchase, NY
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
10577
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (914) 272-8080
 
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
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Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (the "Company") received notice that, effective July 1, 2010, each of Robert C. Baker, William L. Mack and Vincent S. Tese, will resign from his position as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.  The decision of each of Messrs. Baker, Mack and Tese to resign was not the result of any dispute or disagreements with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
 
Forward-Looking Statements.
 
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The Company has based these forward-looking statements on the current expectations and projections of the Company about future events.  These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause the Company’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "should, " "could," "would," "will," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "continue," or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions.  Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in the Company’s other SEC filings.


 
 

 
 
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.
 

  Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.
   
Dated:  June 23, 2010 By:          /s/ John B. Roche
 
John B. Roche
Chief Financial Officer