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
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Date
of Report: May 11, 2009
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Date
of earliest event reported: May 7, 2009
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(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
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
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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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On May 7,
2009, the Board of Directors of Aceto Corporation appointed Richard P. Randall
as a member of the Board. Mr. Randall is expected to stand for election with the
other directors at the Company’s annual shareholders meeting in 2009. As of the
date of this report, Mr. Randall has not been named to any committee of the
Board. Mr. Randall 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, Mr. Randall will receive the Company’s
standard compensation applicable to nonemployee directors.
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
CORPORATION
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Dated:
May 11, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Leonard S. Schwartz
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Chief
Executive Officer
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