---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-028792"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRNS"
cik: "0001361113"
company_name: "VARONIS SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T05:41:11.230370+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Varonis stockholders elect all four director nominees and approve 2023 equity plan at annual meeting

## Summary
- Yakov Faitelson, Avrohom J. Kess, Ohad Korkus, and Thomas Mendoza each elected with >82M votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 83.3M for, 4.9M against, 0.6M abstain.
- Ratification of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer as independent auditor for FY2023: 93.0M for, 0.4M against.
- Varonis Systems 2023 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan approved: 84.2M for, 4.1M against, 0.5M abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-028792
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRNS
- cik: 0001361113
- company_name: VARONIS SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361113/000114036123028792/0001140361-23-028792-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361113/000114036123028792/brhc20054099_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  VARONIS SYSTEMS INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement at the 2023-06-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-05
  source text: PROPOSAL NO. 2 Advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 83,318,323 4,944,173 550,344 5,110,479
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361113/000114036123028792/0001140361-23-028792-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VARONIS SYSTEMS INC shareholders approved To elect the four nominees for director named below to the Board of Directors to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2023-06-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-05
  source text: PROPOSAL NO. 1 To elect the four nominees for director named below to the Board of Directors to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Yakov Faitelson 83,368,979 5,443,861 5,110,479 Avrohom J. Kess 84,734,767 4,078,073 5,110,479 Ohad Korkus 82,353,912 6,458,928 5,110,479 Thomas Mendoza 82,075,413 6,737,427 5,110,479
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361113/000114036123028792/0001140361-23-028792-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VARONIS SYSTEMS INC shareholders approved To approve the Varonis Systems, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-06-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-05
  source text: PROPOSAL NO. 4 To approve the Varonis Systems, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 84,170,523 4,129,718 512,599 5,110,479
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361113/000114036123028792/0001140361-23-028792-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VARONIS SYSTEMS INC shareholders approved To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global Limited, as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-05
  source text: PROPOSAL NO. 3 To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global Limited, as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 92,986,997 395,351 540,971 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361113/000114036123028792/0001140361-23-028792-index.htm

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