t65468_8k.htm
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:   May 11, 2009
  
 
Date of earliest event reported:  May 7, 2009
  
 
Aceto Corporation
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

000-04217
11-1720520
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)

One Hollow Lane, Lake Success, New York 11042
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(516) 627-6000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A
(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 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.
 
   
ACETO CORPORATION
  
       
       
Dated: May 11, 2009
By:
/s/ Leonard S. Schwartz
  
   
 Chief Executive Officer