secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ASPEN AEROGELS INC (ASPN)
CIK:        0001145986
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-22-036372
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Board changes: Gervis resigns, Kool appointed to Aspen Aerogels board
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- Robert Gervis resigned as director and Compensation Committee chair effective Nov 1, 2022; not due to any disagreement.
- Kathleen Kool appointed as Class II director on Nov 1, 2022; also joins Audit and Nominating committees.
- Kool is former CEO of Tide Cleaners (P&G subsidiary) and former CFO of P&G North America Fabric Care ($8B+ retail).
- Kool received initial equity grant ($51K RSU + $34K options) and annual retainer ($45K board, $7.5K audit, $4K nominating).
- Gervis' unvested stock options and RSUs fully accelerated upon resignation per Director Compensation Policy.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000156459022036372/0001564590-22-036372-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000156459022036372/aspn-8k_20221102.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-036372

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