secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NetApp, Inc. (NTAP)
CIK:        0001002047
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-010401
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NetApp appoints Paul Fipps, ServiceNow President, to Board of Directors
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- Board expanded from 9 to 10 directors; Paul Fipps fills vacancy effective Jan 8, 2026.
- Fipps is President of Global Customer Operations at ServiceNow, with over 20 years of experience.
- Nine of ten directors are independent; 50% appointed within last five years.
- Fipps will receive standard non-employee director compensation as per prior proxy.
- No related-party transactions or family relationships disclosed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000119312526010401/0001193125-26-010401-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000119312526010401/ntap-20260108.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-010401

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