---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-033059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZTA"
cik: "0000933974"
company_name: "Azenta, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T06:45:03.552896+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Azenta appoints Cornog, Koffey, Malus to board; forms Value Creation Committee

## Summary
- Appoints William Cornog (ex-KKR Capstone), Alan Malus (ex-Thermo Fisher EVP), and activist Quentin Koffey (Politan, 9.4% owner) as independent directors.
- Board expands from 9 to 12; new Value Creation Committee to advise on growth, cost, and capital deployment, chaired by Cornog.
- Cooperation agreement with Politan includes standstill and voting provisions through October 2025; Koffey joins compensation committee.
- Two current directors will not stand for re-election at the 2025 annual meeting.
- Reaffirms full-year 2024 financial guidance provided on August 6, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-033059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZTA
- cik: 0000933974
- company_name: Azenta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000143774924033059/0001437749-24-033059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000143774924033059/azta20241101_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-033059.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alan Malus was appointed as Director at Azenta, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective November 1, 2024, the Board appointed each of Mr. Cornog and Mr. Malus (together with Mr. Koffey, the “New Directors”) as a member of the Board, with an initial term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000143774924033059/0001437749-24-033059-index.htm
- Executive change
  Quentin Koffey was appointed as Director at Azenta, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement, on November 1, 2024, the Board appointed Mr. Koffey as a member of the Board, effective November 1, 2024, with an initial term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000143774924033059/0001437749-24-033059-index.htm
- Executive change
  William Cornog was appointed as Director at Azenta, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective November 1, 2024, the Board appointed each of Mr. Cornog and Mr. Malus (together with Mr. Koffey, the “New Directors”) as a member of the Board, with an initial term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000143774924033059/0001437749-24-033059-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.