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):  September 5, 2007

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 949-1000

 

(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):

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Under a lease agreement dated January 30, 1992, we lease a total of 110,843 square feet of office space at 10 Canal Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts from MA-Ten Canal Park, L.L.C.  On September 5, 2007, we entered into:

·                  an agreement providing for our sublease of approximately 47,007 square feet of the office space at 10 Canal Park to EOP Canal Leaseco LLC for a 5-year term commencing October 1, 2007 and an annual basic rent of $1,122,450; and

·                  an amendment to the lease agreement dated January 30, 1992, under which MA-Ten Canal Park, L.L.C. consented to such sublease.

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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.

	ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Date: September 7, 2007	By:	/s/ FREDERIC G. HAMMOND
		Frederic G. Hammond
		Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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