UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 30, 2008

 

AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

0-21174  
(Commission File Number) 

04-2977748
(I.R.S. Employer
 Identification No.)

 


Avid Technology Park, One Park West, Tewksbury, MA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


01876
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 640-6789


                                                                                                               
(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

 

On October 30, 2008, Joel E. Legon, Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer of Avid Technology, Inc. (the “Company”), submitted his resignation to the Company. Mr. Legon’s employment with the Company will terminate effective December 31, 2008.

 

Following Mr. Legon’s departure, Ken Sexton, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of the Company, will become the Company’s principal accounting officer effective December 31, 2008. Mr. Sexton, age 54, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer since joining the Company in January 2008 and Chief Financial Officer since July 2008. In 2007, Mr. Sexton served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of webMethods, Inc., a provider of business integration software solutions. In 2006, Mr. Sexton served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Infor, Inc., an enterprise software company. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Sexton served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Axentis, Inc., a privately-held provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance management software. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Sexton was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Peregrine Systems, Inc., an infrastructure management software company.

 

 

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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.

 

Date: November 5, 2008

AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Registrant)

 


By:


/s/ Paige Parisi                                 
Paige Parisi
Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

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