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):  June 1, 2017

ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

495 Commerce Drive, Suite 3

Amherst, New York 14228

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

(716) 242-8634

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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

On June 1, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from seven to eight members and elected Timothy T. Tevens to fill the newly created position on the Board.  Mr. Tevens will serve as an independent director.  No committee assignment has yet been made.

Mr. Tevens recently retired after serving nineteen years as director and chief executive officer of Columbus McKinnon Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCO), a global leader in material handling products, technologies, and services.  He had initially joined Columbus McKinnon in 1991 as Vice President, Information Services, and was appointed chief operating officer in 1996.  Prior to joining Columbus McKinnon, Mr. Tevens spent more than ten years in various management consulting capacities with Ernst & Young LLP.  Mr. Tevens served on the Board of Directors of Zep, Inc. (NYSE: ZEP) from December 2007 through its sale in June 2015.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Tevens and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Tevens was appointed a director of the Company.  There are no transactions in which Mr. Tevens has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Tevens will receive compensation for his service on the Board of Directors in accordance with the Company’s Compensation Program for Non-Employee Directors.

SIGNATURES

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.

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