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):  May 9, 2006

 

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

 

0-24786

 

04-2739697

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

Ten Canal Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

02141

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (617) 949-1000

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

 

 




Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

        On May 9, 2006, we issued a press release announcing our financial results for our fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006, the third fiscal quarter of our fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. The full text of the press release issued in connection with this announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

        The information in this Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

        (c) Exhibits

        Press release issued by Aspen Technology, Inc. on May 9, 2006.




 

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.

 

Date: May 9, 2006

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ CHARLES F. KANE

 

 

 

Charles F. Kane
Senior Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer

 




 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release issued by Aspen Technology, Inc. on May 9, 2006.