UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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): September 14, 2020
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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. |
We appointed Christopher Stagno to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, effective September 14, 2020. Mr. Stagno will serve at an annual salary of $280,000. Mr. Stagno also will be eligible to participate in the Executive Annual Incentive Bonus Plan for the year ending June 30, 2021, with an annual bonus target of $112,000, and will receive an equity award equivalent to $250,000 in value to be allocated as we determine between restricted stock units and stock options.
From October 2018 to June 2020, Mr. Stagno served as Treasurer of Cognex Corporation, a provider of machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information in order to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks where vision is required. From February 2013 to October 2018, Mr. Stagno was Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at Brightcove Inc., a provider of cloud-based services for video. He served as Vice President, Controller at Brightcove from June 2011 to February 2013. Mr. Stagno is 45 years old.
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.
ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC. | ||
Date: September 18 2020 | By: | /s/ Frederic G. Hammond |
Frederic G. Hammond | ||
Senior Vice President and General Counsel | ||