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): September 6, 2016

 

Aceto Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

New York 000-04217 11-1720520
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)		 (Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

4 Tri Harbor Court, Port Washington, NY 11050

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (516) 627-6000

 

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 Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Aceto Corporation (the “Company”) appointed William C. Kennally, III as a member of the Board. The appointment is effective September 6, 2016. Mr. Kennally is expected to stand for election with the other directors at the Company’s Annual Meeting of shareholders scheduled in December 2016. As of the date of this report, Mr. Kennally has not been named to any committee of the Board. Mr. Kennally was not selected as a director pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with any other person, and does not have any reportable transactions under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

For his services as a director of the Company, it is contemplated that Mr. Kennally will receive the Company’s standard compensation applicable to nonemployee directors.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits
   
Exhibit No. Description
   
99.1 Press Release, dated September 6, 2016

 

 

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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.

 

  ACETO CORPORATION
   
Dated: September 9, 2016 By: /s/ Salvatore Guccione
Salvatore Guccione
President and CEO

 

 

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