---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-224774"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BL"
cik: "0001666134"
company_name: "BLACKLINE, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T02:05:14.980826+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlackLine appoints David Henshall, former Citrix CEO, to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Appointment effective September 23, 2024; term expires at 2026 annual meeting.
- Henshall served as President and CEO of Citrix (2017-2021) and previously as CFO and COO.
- He joins the Compensation Committee of the Board.
- Co-CEO Owen Ryan cites Henshall's enterprise software and financial strategy expertise.
- Henshall also serves on boards of Aspen Technology, HashiCorp, and Feedzai.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-224774
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BL
- cik: 0001666134
- company_name: BLACKLINE, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666134/000119312524224774/0001193125-24-224774-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666134/000119312524224774/d875832d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-224774
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-224774.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-224774.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Henshall was appointed as member of the Board at BLACKLINE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On September 20, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BlackLine, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed David Henshall to serve as a member of the Board, with a term beginning on September 23, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666134/000119312524224774/0001193125-24-224774-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.