-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LrMmCvKPihp4eQ51qXYVVn34tOoFwqILvLYzvULgBrDyjoPN2yeq4IlYsQaVMekt AbaQm0s3X+BnS8mwtuSw5Q== 0000950134-09-008777.txt : 20090429 0000950134-09-008777.hdr.sgml : 20090429 20090429170354 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-09-008777 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090423 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20090429 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090429 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ASYST TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000909326 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559] IRS NUMBER: 942942251 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-22430 FILM NUMBER: 09779956 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 46897 BAYSIDE PARKWAY CITY: FREMONT STATE: CA ZIP: 94538 BUSINESS PHONE: 5106615000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 46897 BAYSIDE PARKWAY CITY: FREMONT STATE: CA ZIP: 94538 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ASYST TECHNOLOGIES INC /CA/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930719 8-K 1 f52253e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
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): April 23, 2009
Asyst Technologies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant, as Specified in Charter)
         
California   000-22430   94-2942251
(State or Other
Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) 		  (Commission File
Number) 		  (IRS Employer
Identification Number)
         
46897 Bayside Parkway,
Fremont, California 		       
94538
(Address of Principal
Executive Offices) 		      (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (510) 661-5000
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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.
     Appointment of Chief Restructuring Officer
     On April 23, 2009, our Board of Directors appointed Paula C. LuPriore as Chief Restructuring Officer. Ms. LuPriore, age 51, joined Asyst in 2002 as Vice President and General Manager of Software, and was appointed Senior Vice President, Automated Solutions Group in January 2007 with responsibility for the company’s entire product offering and product development programs, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on August 7, 2008. Prior to joining Asyst, she held various Vice President positions at IBM, most recently as its Vice President for Storage Networking Products, with responsibility for software and hardware engineering, product management and marketing, and professional services. Ms. LuPriore holds a Bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from the University of Rhode Island.
     Resignation of Chair of the Board
     On April 26, 2009, Stephen S. Schwartz, Asyst’s Chief Executive Officer, President and Chair of the Board notified our Board of Directors that he had resigned from the company’s Board of Directors, effective as of April 20, 2009. Dr. Schwartz’s employment with the company, including as its Chief Executive Officer and President, also ended effective as of April 20, 2009.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.
         
  ASYST TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 		  
Date: April 29, 2009  By:   /s/ Steve Debenham    
    Steve Debenham   
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary   
 

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