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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-047276"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASPN"
cik: "0001145986"
company_name: "ASPEN AEROGELS INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T22:00:55.217230+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aspen Aerogels grants 680,000 stock options to CEO and six executives

## Summary
- CEO Donald Young granted 170,000 stock options; six other executives each granted 85,000 options.
- Options cliff-vest on third anniversary (Sept 7, 2026), subject to continuous service.
- Exercise price equals closing price on grant date; options expire 10 years from grant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-047276
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASPN
- cik: 0001145986
- company_name: ASPEN AEROGELS INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000095017023047276/0000950170-23-047276-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000095017023047276/aspn-20230907.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-047276.txt

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