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): May 17, 2015

REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Colorado	001-34044	26-1851813
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

833 West South Boulder Road, Louisville, CO 80027-2452

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 222-8300

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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):

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 17, 2015 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time, Real Goods Solar, Inc. (the “Company”) consummated a reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001, at a ratio of one-for-twenty, whereby twenty shares of Class A common stock were combined into one share of Class A common stock. The Company did not decrease its authorized shares of capital stock in connection with the reverse stock split. Immediately following the reverse stock split, there were approximately 4,804,674 shares (not including whole shares to be issued in lieu of fractional shares of non-record holders) of the Company’s Class A common stock issued and outstanding.

On May 18, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the consummation of the reverse stock split, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release issued by Real Goods Solar, Inc. on May 18, 2015

SIGNATURE

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.

REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.
By:	/s/ Dennis Lacey
	Dennis Lacey
	Chief Executive Officer and Acting Principal Financial Officer

Date: May 18, 2015

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release issued by Real Goods Solar, Inc. on May 18, 2015