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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-089005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRWD"
cik: "0001535527"
company_name: "CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T07:34:27.570133+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CrowdStrike shareholders elect directors, approve ESPP amendment, ratify PwC; board updates director pay

## Summary
- Shareholders elected Class II directors Roxanne Austin, Sameer Gandhi, Gerhard Watzinger with >336M votes each.
- Ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY2022; advisory vote on exec comp passed (283M for); frequency vote favored every three years.
- Amendment to 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan approved (343M for, 23M against).
- Board amended Outside Director Compensation Policy: cash retainers for non-employee directors ($33.5k base, $50k for chair, committee chairs up to $24k).
- New RSU awards under policy: initial award value $375k (3yr vest), annual award $200k (1yr or next annual meeting).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-089005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRWD
- cik: 0001535527
- company_name: CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535527/000110465921089005/0001104659-21-089005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535527/000110465921089005/tm2121414d1_8k.htm

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