0001104659-17-037152.txt : 20170602 0001104659-17-037152.hdr.sgml : 20170602 20170602114520 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-17-037152 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170601 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20170602 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170602 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: 17886869 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 a17-14682_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):  June 1, 2017

 

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)

 

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Emerging growth company                                              o

 

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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 June 1, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from seven to eight members and elected Timothy T. Tevens to fill the newly created position on the Board.  Mr. Tevens will serve as an independent director.  No committee assignment has yet been made.

 

Mr. Tevens recently retired after serving nineteen years as director and chief executive officer of Columbus McKinnon Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCO), a global leader in material handling products, technologies, and services.  He had initially joined Columbus McKinnon in 1991 as Vice President, Information Services, and was appointed chief operating officer in 1996.  Prior to joining Columbus McKinnon, Mr. Tevens spent more than ten years in various management consulting capacities with Ernst & Young LLP.  Mr. Tevens served on the Board of Directors of Zep, Inc. (NYSE: ZEP) from December 2007 through its sale in June 2015.

 

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

 

Mr. Tevens 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:  June 1, 2017

 

 

 

 

ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ MICHAEL R. LEACH

 

 

Michael R. Leach

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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