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SCHEDULE Filed 2025-01-27 Event 2025-01-27 SEC 0000950103-25-000886 →

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO Aspen Technology, Inc.

Stake: 57.40% Shares: 36,307,514 CUSIP: 29109X106 Class: Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

Item 4 — Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following information: On January 26, 2025, Emerson entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") among Emerson, the Issuer, and Emersub CXV, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emerson ("Purchaser"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, Purchaser will commence a tender offer (the "Offer"), to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, other than any shares of Common Stock owned, at the commencement of the Offer, by the Issuer, Emerson, Purchaser or any of their respective wholly-owned subsidiaries, at a price of $265 per Share (the "Offer Price"), net to the seller in cash, without interest. The obligation of Purchaser to consummate the Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary conditions, including, among others, (i) the non-waivable condition that immediately prior to the expiration of the Offer, there having been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn shares of Common Stock (excluding (1) shares of Common Stock tendered in the Offer that have not yet been received by the depository and (2) shares of Common Stock owned by Emerson and its subsidiaries, Emerson's and its subsidiaries' directors and officers, and the Issuer's directors and officers), that represent at least one more Share than 50% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the time of the expiration of the Offer (excluding, for the purposes of calculating the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding under this condition, shares of Common Stock owned by Emerson and its subsidiaries, Emerson's and its subsidiaries' directors and officers, and the Issuer's directors and officers), (ii) the absence of any applicable law prohibiting the consummation of the Merger (as defined below) and (iii) other customary conditions set forth in Annex I to the Merger Agreement. Following the consummation of the Offer and subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, Purchaser will merge with and into the Issuer in accordance with Section 251(h) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"), whereupon the Issuer will be the surviving corporation (the "Merger"). At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), each Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (i) shares of Common Stock owned by the Issuer, Emerson, Purchaser or any of their respective wholly-owned subsidiaries and (ii) shares of Common Stock held by stockholders who have properly exercised and perfected their demands for appraisal of such shares of Common Stock in accordance with the DGCL and have neither withdrawn nor lost such rights prior to the Effective Time) will be converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the Offer Price, without interest. Upon completion of the Merger, the shares of Common Stock currently listed on the Nasdaq will cease to be listed on the Nasdaq and will subsequently be deregistered under the Act. The above description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The tender offer described in this Schedule 13D has not yet commenced. This communication is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of the Issuer, nor is it a substitute for any tender offer materials that Emerson, Purchaser or the Issuer will file with the SEC. A solicitation and an offer to buy shares of the Issuer will be made only pursuant to an offer to purchase and related materials that Emerson and Purchaser intend to file with the SEC. At the time the tender offer is commenced, Emerson and Purchaser will file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO and a Schedule 13E-3 with the SEC, and the Issuer will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 and a Schedule 13E-3 with the SEC with respect to the tender offer. THE ISSUER'S STOCKHOLDERS AND OTHER INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE TENDER OFFER MATERIALS (INCLUDING AN OFFER TO PURCHASE, A RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER TENDER OFFER DOCUMENTS), THE SCHEDULE 13E-3 AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION WHICH SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE TENDER OFFER. The Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and other tender offer documents, the Schedule 13E-3s, as well as the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, will be sent to all stockholders of the Issuer at no expense to them. The Tender Offer Statement and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement will be made available for free at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Additional c

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