0000896841-15-000073.txt : 20150714 0000896841-15-000073.hdr.sgml : 20150714 20150714092511 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000896841-15-000073 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150710 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20150714 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150714 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000896841 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3861] IRS NUMBER: 042977748 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36254 FILM NUMBER: 15986586 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 75 NETWORK DRIVE CITY: BURLINGTON STATE: MA ZIP: 01803 BUSINESS PHONE: 978.640.6789 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 75 NETWORK DRIVE CITY: BURLINGTON STATE: MA ZIP: 01803 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AVID TECHNOLOGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930203 8-K 1 a07-14x20158xk.htm 8-K 07-14-2015 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 10, 2015

AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
 
1-36254
 
04-2977748
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

75 Network Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts  01803
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(978) 640-6789
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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:

⎕ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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⎕ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

⎕ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))





        
        




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

On July 10, 2015, Christopher C. Gahagan, 51, the Company’s Senior Vice President of Products and Technology and a named executive officer, resigned from his position. Louis Hernandez, Jr., Avid’s Chairman, President and CEO, will directly oversee the products team and execution of the Avid Everywhere strategy until the Company identifies new leadership.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

The information included in Item 5.02 above, is incorporate by reference into this Item 7.01 disclosure.

Limitation on Incorporation by Reference. The information furnished in this Item 7.01, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.



    












































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.



 
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
Date: July 14, 2015
By: /s/ John W. Frederick
Name:  John W. Frederick
Title:    Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer