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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000912093-24-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VIAV"
cik: "0000912093"
company_name: "VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T00:35:09.808553+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Viavi amends bylaws; sets July 11–Aug 10 window for 2024 shareholder proposals

## Summary
- Advance notice window for director nominations and proposals changed to 120–90 days before annual meeting anniversary (previously 90–60).
- Stockholders must email proposals to investor.relations@viavisolutions.com in addition to physical delivery.
- New bylaw requires compliance with Rule 14a-19 for director nominations.
- Deadline for 2024 annual meeting proposals (non-Rule 14a-8) is between July 11 and August 10, 2024.
- Bylaw amendments also incorporate recent DGCL changes on adjournment and stockholder list access.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000912093-24-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VIAV
- cik: 0000912093
- company_name: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912093/000091209324000017/0000912093-24-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912093/000091209324000017/viav-20240212.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912093-24-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.: Amended Amended and Restated Bylaws to modify adjournment procedures, stockholder meeting list access, director nomination and proposal notice windows, and add Rule 14a-19 compliance requirements, among other updates (effective 2024-02-12).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-02-12
  source text: On February 12, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Viavi Solutions Inc. (the “ Company ”) amended the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “ Bylaws ”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912093/000091209324000017/0000912093-24-000017-index.htm

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