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): September 16, 2022

 

Altair Engineering Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-38263		38-2591828
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1820 E. Big Beaver Road Troy, Michigan		48083
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (248) 614-2400

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock $0.0001 par value per share		ALTR		The NASDAQ Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

As previously disclosed, Altair Engineering Inc. (“Altair”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 13, 2022, with RapidMiner, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“RapidMiner”), Rambler Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Altair (“Merger Sub”) and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, solely in its capacity as the representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of RapidMiner’s equity owners. On September 16, 2022, Altair issued a press release announcing the completion of the acquisition of RapidMiner through the merger of Merger Sub with and into RapidMiner, with RapidMiner surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Altair. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits.

 

99.1		Press Release issued by Altair, dated September 16, 2022 announcing the consummation of the acquisition.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.

 

				ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC.
Dated: September 16, 2022				By:		/s/ Matthew Brown
						Name: Matthew Brown
						Title: Chief Financial Officer