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): December 4,
2008
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(State or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-04217
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11-1720520
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification Number)
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One
Hollow Lane, Lake Success, New York 11042
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(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
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Item
5.02
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
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(c)
Appointment of Certain Officers
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Effective January 1, 2009, Aceto
Corporation, a New York corporation (“Aceto”), appointed Vincent
Miata, age 55, President of Aceto and Frank DeBenedittis, age
54, Executive Vice President and Director of Global Pharmaceutical
Strategy of Aceto.
Mr. Miata has been Senior Vice
President of Aceto since 2001. Mr. Miata joined Aceto in 1979 as a marketing
representative and held various positions with Aceto including Product Manager,
Group Vice President and Vice President. Mr. Miata received a
Bachelor’s of
Sciences Degree in Chemistry from Lehman College and a Masters in Business
Administration from Long Island University.
Frank DeBenedittis has been Senior Vice
President of Aceto since 2001. Mr. DeBenedittis joined Aceto in 1979 as a
marketing representative and held various positions with Aceto including
Assistant Product Manager, Product Manager, Assistant Vice President, Group Vice
President and Vice President. Mr. DeBenedittis received his Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Chemistry from Stony Brook University.
There are no family relationships
between Mr. Miata and Mr. DeBenedittis and any other executive officers or
directors of Aceto. There have been no transactions since the beginning of
Aceto’s last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transaction, or series of
similar transactions, to which Aceto was or is to be a party, in which the
amount involved exceeds $120,000 and in which Mr. Miata or Mr. DeBenedittis had
or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
There was no arrangement or
understanding between Mr. Miata or Mr. DeBenedittis and any other person
pursuant to which either was selected as an officer.
The press
release announcing these appointments is furnished as an exhibit to this
report.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit
No. Description
99.1
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Press
Release dated December 9, 2008
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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.
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ACETO
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Dated:
December 10, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Leonard S. Schwartz
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Chief
Executive Officer
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