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

OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Asmar Christian (Last) (First) (Middle) 75 NETWORK DRIVE (Street) BURLINGTON MA 01803 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/31/2019	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. [ AVID ]
		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)
Common Stock	3,700,000(1)	I	By Impactive Capital LP

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. The shares of common stock reported herein are held of record by funds managed by Impactive Capital LP. Mr. Asmar is a founding partner of Impactive Capital LP and as such may be deemed the beneficial owner of the shares. Mr. Asmar disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.

Remarks:

	/s/ Alessandra Melloni as Attorney-in-Fact for Christian Asmar	11/06/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of
Jason A. Duva, Alessandra Melloni and Gregory McIntosh, signing singly and each acting individually,
as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority as hereinafter described
to:
       (1)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer
and/or director of Avid Technology, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments
thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder
(the "Exchange Act");
       (2)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, prepare, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely deliver and file such form with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
       (3)    seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,
information regarding transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person
to release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; 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 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 nor relieving, nor is the Company assuming nor relieving, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.  The undersigned
acknowledges that neither the Company nor the foregoing attorneys-in-fact assume (i) any liability for the
undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the
undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as
of this 25th day of October, 2019.

       /s/ Christian Asmar