UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 18, 2019
Aceto Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| New York | | 001-38733 | | 11-1720520 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1221 McKinney Street, Suite 3275, Houston, TX 77010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 276-4900
4 Tri Harbor Court, Port Washington, NY 11050
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| None | None | None |
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Newly Appointed Chief Financial Officer
Rebecca A. Roof, who has served as the chief financial officer of Aceto Corporation (“Aceto”) since April 2018, ceased to serve in that capacity effective June 18, 2019. As a Managing Director of AlixPartners LLP (“AlixPartners”), Ms. Roof will (together with AP Services LLC, an affiliate of AlixPartners) continue to provide financial and restructuring advice to Aceto through the pendency of Aceto’s bankruptcy proceedings.
Ms. Roof will be succeeded as chief financial officer of Aceto by Carrianne J.M. Basler, subject to Bankruptcy Court approval. Ms. Basler, age 50, is a Managing Director of AlixPartners. She has held numerous interim management, consulting and advisory positions with AlixPartners for more than 23 years and has been on the team providing services to Aceto since February of 2019. Ms. Basler has a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Newly Appointed President
On June 18, 2019, Steven S. Rogers, Aceto’s Chief Legal Officer, was appointed President of Aceto.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | ACETO CORPORATION |
| |
| Date: June 18, 2019 | By: | /s/ Steven S. Rogers |
| | | Steven S. Rogers |
| | | President |
