0001104659-14-050931.txt : 20140710 0001104659-14-050931.hdr.sgml : 20140710 20140710122036 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-14-050931 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140705 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20140710 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140710 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000046129 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSTRUMENTS FOR MEAS & TESTING OF ELECTRICITY & ELEC SIGNALS [3825] IRS NUMBER: 840518115 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-04041 FILM NUMBER: 14968900 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 455 COMMERCE DRIVE, SUITE 4 CITY: AMHERST STATE: NY ZIP: 14228-2313 BUSINESS PHONE: 716-242-8634 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 455 COMMERCE DRIVE, SUITE 4 CITY: AMHERST STATE: NY ZIP: 14228-2313 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HATHAWAY CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HATHAWAY INSTRUMENTS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19820916 8-K 1 a14-16907_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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):  July 5, 2014

 

ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Colorado

 

0-04041

 

84-0518115

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

495 Commerce Drive, Suite 3

Amherst, New York 14228

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

 

(716) 242-8634

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 5.02.                                        Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On July 5, 2014, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from six to seven members and elected Michael R. Winter, CPA to fill the newly created position on the Board.  Mr. Winter will serve as an independent director.

 

Mr. Winter is a former partner in the Buffalo, NY office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), serving in that role from 1987 until his retirement in June 2014.  During his tenure, Mr. Winter was responsible for leading the delivery of assurance services to public entities with experience serving many sectors including Consumer and Industrial Products Manufacturing, Energy and Healthcare.  Since 2010 he was also a member of the PwC National Office based in New Jersey, which serves as support for all PwC U.S. practice offices.  Mr. Winter received a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Binghamton and an MBA with a concentration in Management and Finance from Canisius College.  He recently participated in the Directors’ Consortium Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

 

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Winter and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Winter was appointed a director of the Company.  There are no transactions in which Mr. Winter has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

Mr. Winter will receive compensation for his service on the Board of Directors in accordance with the Company’s Compensation Program for Non-Employee Directors.

 

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.

 

Date:                  July 9, 2014

 

 

 

 

ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert P. Maida

 

 

Robert P. Maida

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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