--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001104659-24-035289" form_type: "8-K" ticker: null cik: "0001353283" company_name: "SPLUNK INC" filed_at: "2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-04T14:43:57.691402+00:00" event_type: "m_and_a" sentiment: "positive" materiality_score: 1.0 calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Splunk completes $28B acquisition by Cisco; shares converted to $157 cash ## Summary - Each Splunk share converted into $157.00 cash; aggregate equity value ~$28 billion. - Splunk common stock (SPLK) delisted from Nasdaq as of March 18, 2024. - All directors resigned except Gary Steele; Splunk became wholly owned Cisco subsidiary. - Certificate of incorporation and bylaws amended and restated at Effective Time. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001104659-24-035289 - form_type: 8-K - cik: 0001353283 - company_name: SPLUNK INC - filed_at: 2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: m_and_a - sentiment: positive - materiality_score: 1.0 - calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0 - confidence: high - sec_items: 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.03, 5.02, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/tm248979d1_8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-035289 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-035289.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-035289.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Mark Carges resigned as Director at SPLUNK INC. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: each of Mark Carges, Kenneth Hao, Patty Morrison, Yamini Rangan, Elisa Steele, David Tunnell, General Dennis Via, Luis Visoso, and Rick Wallace resigned and ceased to be directors of the Company and members of any committee or subcommittee of the Company’s Board of Directors as of the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - Executive change David Tunnell resigned as Director at SPLUNK INC. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: each of Mark Carges, Kenneth Hao, Patty Morrison, Yamini Rangan, Elisa Steele, David Tunnell, General Dennis Via, Luis Visoso, and Rick Wallace resigned and ceased to be directors of the Company and members of any committee or subcommittee of the Company’s Board of Directors as of the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - Executive change General Dennis Via resigned as Director at SPLUNK INC. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: each of Mark Carges, Kenneth Hao, Patty Morrison, Yamini Rangan, Elisa Steele, David Tunnell, General Dennis Via, Luis Visoso, and Rick Wallace resigned and ceased to be directors of the Company and members of any committee or subcommittee of the Company’s Board of Directors as of the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - Executive change Luis Visoso resigned as Director at SPLUNK INC. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: each of Mark Carges, Kenneth Hao, Patty Morrison, Yamini Rangan, Elisa Steele, David Tunnell, General Dennis Via, Luis Visoso, and Rick Wallace resigned and ceased to be directors of the Company and members of any committee or subcommittee of the Company’s Board of Directors as of the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - Executive change Elisa Steele resigned as Director at SPLUNK INC. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: each of Mark Carges, Kenneth Hao, Patty Morrison, Yamini Rangan, Elisa Steele, David Tunnell, General Dennis Via, Luis Visoso, and Rick Wallace resigned and ceased to be directors of the Company and members of any committee or subcommittee of the Company’s Board of Directors as of the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - Executive change Rick Wallace resigned as Director at SPLUNK INC. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: each of Mark Carges, Kenneth Hao, Patty Morrison, Yamini Rangan, Elisa Steele, David Tunnell, General Dennis Via, Luis Visoso, and Rick Wallace resigned and ceased to be directors of the Company and members of any committee or subcommittee of the Company’s Board of Directors as of the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - Executive change Kenneth Hao resigned as Director at SPLUNK INC. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: each of Mark Carges, Kenneth Hao, Patty Morrison, Yamini Rangan, Elisa Steele, David Tunnell, General Dennis Via, Luis Visoso, and Rick Wallace resigned and ceased to be directors of the Company and members of any committee or subcommittee of the Company’s Board of Directors as of the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - Executive change Yamini Rangan resigned as Director at SPLUNK INC. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: each of Mark Carges, Kenneth Hao, Patty Morrison, Yamini Rangan, Elisa Steele, David Tunnell, General Dennis Via, Luis Visoso, and Rick Wallace resigned and ceased to be directors of the Company and members of any committee or subcommittee of the Company’s Board of Directors as of the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - Executive change Patty Morrison resigned as Director at SPLUNK INC. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: each of Mark Carges, Kenneth Hao, Patty Morrison, Yamini Rangan, Elisa Steele, David Tunnell, General Dennis Via, Luis Visoso, and Rick Wallace resigned and ceased to be directors of the Company and members of any committee or subcommittee of the Company’s Board of Directors as of the Effective Time evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - Governance Changes SPLUNK INC: Certificate of incorporation amended and restated in its entirety effective as of the Effective Time of the Merger. - Change: charter amendment source text: the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of the Company were amended and restated in their entirety evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - Governance Changes SPLUNK INC: Bylaws amended and restated in their entirety effective as of the Effective Time of the Merger. - Change: bylaw amendment source text: the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of the Company were amended and restated in their entirety evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm - M&A Transactions SPLUNK INC underwent a change of control involving Cisco Systems, Inc. for $157.00 in cash (closed 2024-03-18). - Action: change of control - Counterparty: Cisco Systems, Inc. - Consideration: $157.00 in cash - Closing: 2024-03-18 source text: properly exercised appraisal rights in accordance with Section 262 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) automatically converted into the right to receive $157.00 in cash, subject to applicable withholding taxes (the “ Merger Consideration ”). The aggregate equity value of the Common Stock acquired by Parent was approximately $28 billion. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1353283/000110465924035289/0001104659-24-035289-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.