Current Report Filing (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, 2019

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)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value	AVID	Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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

On July 10, 2019, Ryan Murray, Vice President of Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, and principal accounting officer, of Avid Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) tendered his resignation to accept a position with another company. Mr. Murray’s resignation will be effective as of August 5, 2019 and is not the result of any dispute related to accounting policies or internal controls or any other disagreement with the Company. The Company is diligently working to identify qualified candidates to replace Mr. Murray as Chief Accounting Officer.

The Company has appointed, upon the effectiveness of Mr. Murray’s resignation, Kenneth Gayron, currently the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President and principal accounting officer. Mr. Gayron will also continue to serve as the Company’s principal financial officer.

Mr. Gayron, age 49, has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President since May 31, 2018. Mr. Gayron previously served as CFO and Interim CEO for Numerex Corporation, a single source, leading provider of managed enterprise solutions enabling the Internet of Things, from March 2016 to February 2018. Prior to his tenure with Numerex, Mr. Gayron served as CFO of Osmotica Pharmaceutical Corp., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, from October 2013 to February 2016. Prior to Osmotica, Mr. Gayron acted as Vice President - Finance and Treasurer for Sensus, Inc., a global smart grid communications company, from February 2011 until September 2013. From April 2009 until January 2011, Mr. Gayron served as Treasurer of Nuance Communications, a software/services company. From 1992 until 2009, Mr. Gayron held positions of increasing responsibility with investment banks, including UBS, Bank of America and CIBC.

The Company will not enter into any new compensatory arrangements with Mr. Gayron in connection with his new roles as described above.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Gayron and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Gayron was named as Treasurer or principal accounting officer of the Company. There are no family relationships between Mr. Gayron and any director or executive officer of the Company and Mr. Gayron has no direct or indirect interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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 15, 2019	By: /s/ Jason A. Duva Name: Jason A. Duva Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer