---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-017419"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZTA"
cik: "0000933974"
company_name: "Azenta, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T04:11:55.047122+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Azenta GC Jason Joseph departs; Ephraim Starr appointed as General Counsel

## Summary
- Jason W. Joseph to cease as SVP, General Counsel & Secretary on May 15, 2025; employment ends June 30, 2025.
- Joseph receives accelerated RSU vesting (Aug 2024 grant), bonus for FY2025, and continued vesting through consulting period to Nov 30, 2025.
- Ephraim Starr appointed as SVP, General Counsel & Secretary effective May 15, 2025.
- Starr previously GC at PHC Holdings, VP & GC at Danaher Water Quality, and senior legal roles at Lenovo, Honeywell, Kirkland & Ellis.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-017419
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZTA
- cik: 0000933974
- company_name: Azenta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000143774925017419/0001437749-25-017419-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000143774925017419/azta20250516_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ephraim Starr was appointed as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Azenta, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: On May 15, 2025, the Company appointed Ephraim Starr as its Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary to succeed Mr. Joseph.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000143774925017419/0001437749-25-017419-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason W. Joseph departed as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Azenta, Inc..
  - Action: cease to serve
  - Role: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: On May 12, 2025, Azenta, Inc. (the “Company”) and Jason W. Joseph, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, agreed that Mr. Joseph would cease to serve in that role, effective May 15, 2025 and that Mr. Joseph’s employment with the Company would cease effective June 30, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000143774925017419/0001437749-25-017419-index.htm

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