SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Kowal Jan

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC.
1820 E. BIG BEAVER ROAD

(Street)
TROY MI 48083

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/31/2017
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Altair Engineering Inc. [ ALTR ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy) (1) 12/15/2024 Class A Common Stock 20,000 3.79 D
Stock Option (right to buy) (2) 06/09/2027 Class A Common Stock 4,000 5.18 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The option became exercisable as to 50% of the shares on December 15, 2015 and the remaining shares vested on December 15, 2016. This option is currently fully vested.
2. The option becomes exercisable as to 50% of the shares on June 9, 2018 and the remaining shares vest on June 9, 2019.
Remarks:
Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Jan Kowal 10/31/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                   POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Known by all those present, that Jan Kowal hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Raoul K. Maitra, Steven M. Rivkin, and Brian Gayle as his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact with respect to Altair Engineering Inc. to:

        (1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
        behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
        "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
        necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
        undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required
        by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any rule or
        regulation of the SEC;

        (2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
        accordance with 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
        rules thereunder;

        (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
        which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
        Forms 3, 4, and 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
        thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange
        or similar authority; and

        (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
        foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
        benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
        undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
        attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
        Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
        conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
        fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's designated substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Sections 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules thereunder.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the each foregoing
attorney-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 13th day of October, 2017.

                                        /s/ Jan Kowal
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                                        Name: Jan Kowal

Sworn and subscribed before me on October 13, 2017 by Jan Kowal.

/s/ Stephanie M. Roehrig
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Stephanie M. Roehrig, Notary Public
Oakland County, Michigan
My Commission Expires: October 4, 2021
Acting in Oakland County