UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 2, 2012

 

AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

75 Network Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts  01803
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

 

(978) 640-6789
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 5.02.                                        Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(b) Effective November 2, 2012, James M. Vedda ceased to serve as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales of Avid Technology, Inc.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.
	(Registrant)
Date: November 5, 2012	By:	/s/ Ken Sexton
	Name:	Ken Sexton
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
		Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

 

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