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accession: "0001193125-21-358074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PANW"
cik: "0001327567"
company_name: "Palo Alto Networks Inc"
filed_at: "2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Palo Alto Networks shareholders approve 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and elect four Class I directors

## Summary
- 2021 Equity Incentive Plan approved with 59.4M votes for, 9.8M against; replaces 2012 plan.
- Class I directors elected: John M. Donovan, Rt Hon Sir John Key, Mary Pat McCarthy, Nir Zuk.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2022 with 80.8M votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 56.9M for, 12.3M against.
- Approximately 83.38% of outstanding shares represented at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-358074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PANW
- cik: 0001327567
- company_name: Palo Alto Networks Inc
- filed_at: 2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327567/000119312521358074/0001193125-21-358074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327567/000119312521358074/d36605d8k.htm

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