---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-008578"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALNT"
cik: "0000046129"
company_name: "ALLIENT INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T09:56:24.205181+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Allient appoints James A. Michaud as CFO effective June 3, 2024

## Summary
- Michaud previously SVP & CFO of Elior North America; held senior finance roles at Delaware North, Honeywell.
- Employment agreement provides base salary of $375,000, annual bonus, and equity incentives.
- Term runs through Dec 31, 2024 with automatic one-year renewals unless 180-day nonrenewal notice.
- No family relationships or transactions requiring disclosure; no arrangements with other persons.
- Appointment announced May 22, 2024; Michaud starts June 3, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-008578
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALNT
- cik: 0000046129
- company_name: ALLIENT INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46129/000155837024008578/0001558370-24-008578-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46129/000155837024008578/alnt-20240522x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-008578.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James A. Michaud was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ALLIENT INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 22, 2024, Allient Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of James A. Michaud as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective June 3, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46129/000155837024008578/0001558370-24-008578-index.htm

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