Current Report Filing (8-k)

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:

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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	—