8-K

Elastic N.V. (ESTC)

8-K 2021-10-01 For: 2021-10-01
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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): October 1, 2021

Elastic N.V.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

The Netherlands

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

001-38675

(Commission File Number)

Not Applicable

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

800 West El Camino Real, Suite 350

Mountain View, California 94040

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 458-2620

N/A

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange of which registered
Ordinary Shares, €0.01 Par Value ESTC The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) On October 1, 2021, Elastic N.V. (“Elastic” or the “Company”) held an annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s offices at Keizersgracht 281, 1016 ED Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

As of the close of business on September 3, 2021, the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), there were 92,048,395 ordinary shares of Elastic issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, which excludes 35,937 ordinary shares held in treasury and not entitled to vote. As of the Record Date, there were no preferred shares of Elastic issued and outstanding. At least one-third of the issued Elastic shares were present or represented at the Annual Meeting with respect to the proposals below, constituting a quorum for purposes of each proposal.

(b) The certified results of the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal No. 1 – Election of Shay Banon as an executive director and Shelley Leibowitz as a non-executive director, each for a term of three (3) years, ending at the close of the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders:

Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
Shay Banon 60,402,514 9,809,801 5,389 6,996,179
Shelley Leibowitz 69,983,164 184,514 50,026 6,996,179

Shay Banon and Shelley Leibowitz were appointed by the general meeting in accordance with the Articles of Association.

Proposal No. 2 – Adoption of the Company’s Dutch statutory annual accounts for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 (“Fiscal Year 2021”), which are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards:

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
77,082,455 25,520 105,908

The proposal received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote and therefore passed.

Proposal No. 3 – Grant of full discharge of the Company’s executive director from his liability with respect to the performance of his duties as an executive director of the Company during Fiscal Year 2021:

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
69,997,733 106,759 113,212 6,996,179

The proposal received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote and therefore passed.

Proposal No. 4 – Grant of full discharge of the Company’s non-executive directors from their liability with respect to the performance of their duties as non-executive directors of the Company during Fiscal Year 2021:

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
69,995,655 102,893 119,156 6,996,179

The proposal received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote and therefore passed.

Proposal No. 5 – Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2022:

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
77,171,622 21,635 20,626

The proposal received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote and therefore passed.

Proposal No. 6 – Authorization of the Company’s board of directors to repurchase shares in the capital of the Company:

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
76,966,059 44,793 203,031

The proposal received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote and therefore passed.

Proposal No. 7 – Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers:

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
59,416,282 10,713,225 88,197 6,996,179

The shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On October 1, 2021 the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Shelley Leibowitz at the Annual Meeting.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits

Exhibit Description
99.1 Press Release dated October1, 2021
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

Dated: October 1, 2021

ELASTIC N.V.
By: /s/ Janesh Moorjani
Name: Janesh Moorjani
Title: Chief Financial Officer

Document

Exhibit 99.1

Shelley Leibowitz Elected to Elastic’s Board of Directors

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) (“Elastic”), the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, today announced that its shareholders elected Shelley Leibowitz to its board of directors at the 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders (the “2021 AGM”) that took place earlier today. The term of office for Ms. Leibowitz will expire at the end of the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders.

Leibowitz brings more than 30 years of information technology (IT) and business governance expertise to the Elastic Board of Directors, having formerly served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Morgan Stanley and The World Bank, as well as a board member for E*TRADE and MassMutual. She currently sits on the board of Morgan Stanley and several privately held fintech and information security companies.

Leibowitz has spent her career at the intersection of financial services and technology. She advises organizations in digital transformation, IT portfolio and risk management, information security and digital trust, performance metrics, and effective governance. She is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on numerous boards and councils, including the NY Board of BuildOn, a not-for-profit that runs service and learning programs in urban high schools across the United States.

About Elastic:

Elastic is a search company built on a free and open heritage. Anyone can use Elastic products and solutions to get started quickly and frictionlessly. Elastic offers three solutions for enterprise search, observability, and security, built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Cisco, eBay, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe and is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol ESTC. Learn more at elastic.co.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements herein are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions under

the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements as a result of uncertainties, risks, and changes in circumstances, including but not limited to risks and uncertainties related to the future conduct and growth of Elastic’s business and the markets in which Elastic operates. Additional risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements are included under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 and any subsequent reports filed with the SEC. SEC filings are available on the Investor Relations section of Elastic's website at ir.elastic.co and the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Elastic assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release, except as required by law.

Elastic and associated marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Elastic N.V. and its subsidiaries. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contacts Jennifer Malleo

PR-Team@elastic.co

Source: Elastic N.V.