Fortinet, Inc 8-K/A, filed Oct 20, 2020
Fortinet, Inc. (FTNT)
8-K/A
2020-10-20
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About this 8-K/A
Fortinet, Inc filed this 8-K/A on October 20, 2020, reporting on events of October 16, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
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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.
Fortinet, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on August 26, 2020 disclosing that, on August 22, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Kenneth A. Goldman to join the Board as a director whose term will expire at the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, with such appointment being effective as of October 16, 2020.
At the time of Mr. Goldman’s appointment, the Board had not yet determined on which of the Board’s standing committees Mr. Goldman would serve.
On October 16, 2020, the Board appointed Mr. Goldman to the Human Resources Committee of the Board, effective immediately.
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.
| Fortinet, Inc. | ||||||||
| Date: October 20, 2020 | By: | /s/ JOHN WHITTLE | ||||||
| John Whittle | ||||||||
| Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||||