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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-064506"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NTAP"
cik: "0001002047"
company_name: "NetApp, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T00:46:09.251894+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NetApp appoints Anders Gustafsson (Zebra chair) to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Anders Gustafsson appointed to NetApp Board effective Nov 15, 2023, expanding Board to 10 directors, 9 independent.
- Gustafsson is executive chair of Zebra Technologies, will serve on Talent and Compensation Committee.
- No related-party transactions or arrangements with Gustafsson; standard director compensation applies.
- Board also approved amended bylaws, adding virtual meeting provisions and universal proxy rule updates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-064506
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NTAP
- cik: 0001002047
- company_name: NetApp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000095017023064506/0000950170-23-064506-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000095017023064506/ntap-20231115.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-064506.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anders Gustafsson was appointed as Director at NetApp, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 15, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of NetApp, Inc. (“NetApp” or the “Company”) approved an increase in the number of authorized directors on the Board from nine (9) to ten (10) and appointed Anders Gustafsson as a member of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000095017023064506/0000950170-23-064506-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  NetApp, Inc.: Amended and restated bylaws effective November 15, 2023, with updates including virtual meetings, universal proxy rules, indemnification provisions, and other changes (effective 2023-11-15).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-11-15
  source text: On and effective as of November 15, 2023, the Board approved and adopted amended and restated bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000095017023064506/0000950170-23-064506-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.