---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-086510"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TWLO"
cik: "0001447669"
company_name: "TWILIO INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T02:16:19.148874+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Twilio director Byron Deeter to retire; board seeks declassification

## Summary
- Byron Deeter, director since 2010, will not stand for re-election at 2024 annual meeting.
- Board size will reduce from 10 to 9 members upon Deeter's retirement.
- Shareholders to vote on declassifying the board; if approved, directors will serve one-year terms starting 2025.
- Decision follows prior governance changes including sunsetting dual-class shares and separating Chair/CEO roles.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-086510
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TWLO
- cik: 0001447669
- company_name: TWILIO INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447669/000119312524086510/0001193125-24-086510-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447669/000119312524086510/d823064d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-086510
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-086510.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-086510.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Byron Deeter retired as Director at TWILIO INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 3, 2024, Byron Deeter, an independent member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Twilio Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and other similar terms), notified the Board of his decision to retire from, and not stand for re-election to, the Board effective as of the expiration of his current term immediately prior to the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447669/000119312524086510/0001193125-24-086510-index.htm

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