UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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)

April 7, 2017

 

 

Splunk Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

270 Brannan Street

San Francisco, California  94107

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(415) 848-8400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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

 

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Emerging growth company o

 

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

 

As a result of the decision of Amy Chang not to stand for re-election to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Splunk Inc. (the “Company”) at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2017 Annual Meeting”), the Board on April 7, 2017 determined to move one of the directors from Class III (with a term expiring at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders) to Class II (with a term expiring at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders) to achieve a more equal balance of membership among the classes of directors. Accordingly, on April 7, 2017, Stephen Newberry agreed to resign as a Class III director and was immediately appointed to the Board as a Class II director. Mr. Newberry continues to serve on the Company’s Compensation Committee. The resignation and reappointment of Mr. Newberry was effected solely to rebalance the Board classes, and for all other purposes, including vesting and other compensation matters, Mr. Newberry’s service on the Board is deemed to have continued uninterrupted. In connection with Ms. Chang’s decision not to stand for re-election, the Board also determined to reduce the number of authorized directors to nine (9), effective as of the date of the 2017 Annual Meeting.

 

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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.

 

	Splunk Inc.
	By:	/s/ David F. Conte
		David F. Conte
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date: April 13, 2017

 

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