-----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, T2piUn8/WWOyQw5Y1wD4e+hS+Kh5P14mgPRUFkHbljQYcB4EPCPrP+ci6LuN6MCM jjKuW9w56hu5XZagQV4eNA== 0001104659-06-059680.txt : 20060906 0001104659-06-059680.hdr.sgml : 20060906 20060906170259 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-06-059680 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060906 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20060906 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060906 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000929940 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES [7371] IRS NUMBER: 042739697 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24786 FILM NUMBER: 061077304 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TEN CANAL PARK CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02141 BUSINESS PHONE: 6179491000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TEN CANAL PARK CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02141 8-K 1 a06-19273_28k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

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):  September 6, 2006

 

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

0-24786

04-2739697

(State or Other Juris-
diction of Incorporation

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

Ten Canal Park, Cambridge MA

02141

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (617) 949-1000

 

(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.

On September 6, 2006, we announced that we appointed Bradley T. Miller as our senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective September 19, 2006.  Mr. Miller will serve at an annual salary of $275,000.   Mr. Miller will be eligible to participate in the Aspen Technology, Inc. Executive Annual Incentive Bonus Plan for our fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, which plan is described in, and is attached as an exhibit to, our current report on Form 8-K, which we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2006.  Subject to approval of the compensation committee of our board of directors, Mr. Miller also will be entitled to receive

·                  an option to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock, which shares shall vest in sixteen equal quarterly installments, and

·                  34,000 performance contingent restricted stock units, subject to the terms and conditions of our 2005 stock incentive plan and the restricted stock unit agreement that shall be executed evidencing such grant.

Since September 2005, Mr. Miller had served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Viisage Technology, Inc., an identity solutions technology company.  From May 2004 to August 2005, Mr. Miller was vice president of finance, corporate controller and chief accounting officer for Sonus Networks, Inc., a provider of voice infrastructure products. From March 2000 through May 2004, Mr. Miller was with Sapient Corporation, an information technology and business consulting firm.  Mr. Miller joined Sapient in March 2000 as corporate controller, and was appointed vice president in August 2001 and chief accounting officer in November 2002.  From September 1999 until March 2000, Mr. Miller served as vice president and corporate controller of JuniorNet Corporation, an Internet content provider, and from August 1996 to September 1999 was director of financial reporting of Wang Global, a worldwide provider of network services. Mr. Miller previously was a member of the audit practice with Coopers & Lybrand where he earned his C.P.A. license.  Mr. Miller is 45 years old.

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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 6, 2006

By:

/s/ Frederic G. Hammond

 

 

Frederic G. Hammond
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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