secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ASPEN AEROGELS INC (ASPN)
CIK:        0001145986
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-22-027493
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aspen Aerogels appoints James Sweetnam to Board of Directors
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- James Sweetnam appointed Class I director effective August 2, 2022; board increases to eight members.
- Former CEO of Dana Corp, Truck Group CEO at Eaton, and 10-year Cummins veteran; auto/industrial background.
- Appointed to Audit Committee and Compensation & Leadership Development Committee.
- Receives standard non-employee director compensation: annual retainer of $45,000 plus committee fees and initial equity grant of $51,000 RSUs and $34,000 stock options.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000156459022027493/0001564590-22-027493-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000156459022027493/aspn-8k_20220802.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-027493

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