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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001897982-24-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001897982"
company_name: "Aspen Technology, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:22:29.935253+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AspenTech Board Chair Jill Smith resigns; Robert Whelan appointed Chair; Henshall re-designated

## Summary
- Jill Smith resigned from the board effective May 9, 2024, for personal reasons; no disagreement with the company.
- Robert Whelan Jr. appointed Board Chair; previously served as Chair from 2013-2021 and is a Non-Emerson Director.
- David Henshall re-designated as an Emerson Director under the Stockholders Agreement, effective May 11, 2024.
- Board will conduct a search for a new Non-Emerson Designee director in the coming months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001897982-24-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001897982
- company_name: Aspen Technology, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1897982/000189798224000033/0001897982-24-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1897982/000189798224000033/azpn-20240509.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001897982-24-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001897982-24-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001897982-24-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert M. Whelan, Jr. was appointed as Chair of the Board at Aspen Technology, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: Robert M. Whelan, Jr. was appointed by the Board to succeed Ms. Smith as the Chair of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1897982/000189798224000033/0001897982-24-000033-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jill D. Smith resigned as Director at Aspen Technology, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 9, 2024, Aspen Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) received a notification from Jill D. Smith of her resignation as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1897982/000189798224000033/0001897982-24-000033-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Henshall changed role as Director at Aspen Technology, Inc..
  - Action: re-designated
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 11, 2024, David Henshall was re-designated as an Emerson Director under the Stockholders Agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1897982/000189798224000033/0001897982-24-000033-index.htm

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