---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-016030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZTA"
cik: "0000933974"
company_name: "Azenta, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T09:06:07.154661+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Azenta names Herman Cueto as CFO, succeeding retiring Lindon Robertson; reaffirms Q4 guidance

## Summary
- Herman Cueto appointed EVP & CFO effective Oct 16, 2023; previously SVP Finance at BD (NYSE: BDX).
- Outgoing CFO Lindon Robertson to remain as advisor after filing FY2023 10-K.
- Cueto receives $520K base salary, 80% target bonus, $1.25M LTI, $740K cash sign-on, and $500K time-based RSUs.
- Company reiterates Q4 fiscal 2023 guidance previously issued on Aug 8, 2023.
- Cueto brings 14 years at C.R. Bard and CPA license; succession is part of planned retirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-016030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZTA
- cik: 0000933974
- company_name: Azenta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837023016030/0001558370-23-016030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837023016030/azta-20230922x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lindon Robertson departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Azenta, Inc..
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: to succeed the Company’s current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Lindon Robertson, who is retiring.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837023016030/0001558370-23-016030-index.htm
- Executive change
  Herman Cueto was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Azenta, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 25, 2023, Azenta, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Herman Cueto as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of October 16, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837023016030/0001558370-23-016030-index.htm

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