secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Astera Labs, Inc. (ALAB)
CIK:        0001736297
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-005022
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Astera Labs appoints Germaine Cota as Chief Accounting Officer and VP Finance
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- Germaine Cota, 45, appointed CAO and VP of Finance effective Jan 20, 2026; principal accounting officer.
- Cota previously SVP Finance & Accounting at BILL Holdings (Jan 2022-Jan 2026); earlier roles at 8x8, Mercari, LinkedIn, EY.
- Compensation: $375K base salary, 50% bonus target, $130K hiring bonus (recoupable), $3.5M + $0.5M RSU awards.
- Long-Term RSU vests 25% at one year then quarterly over three years; Supplemental RSU vests fully at one year.
- Cota holds CPA license and B.S. in Accounting from Santa Clara University; no disclosable related-party transactions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1736297/000110465926005022/0001104659-26-005022-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1736297/000110465926005022/tm263452d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-005022

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