---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517413-21-000183"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSLY"
cik: "0001517413"
company_name: "Fastly, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T13:54:28.942853+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fastly appoints Richard Daniels and Vanessa Smith to board; directors Dhaliwal and Wright resign

## Summary
- Sunil Dhaliwal and Kelly Wright resigned from board, not due to any disagreement.
- Richard Daniels (ex-CIO, Kaiser Permanente) and Vanessa Smith (SVP, ServiceNow) elected directors effective Nov 1, 2021.
- Board amended Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy: annual RSUs now vest quarterly over one year.
- New directors receive $30k cash retainer, $400k RSU grant vesting one year; Daniels on Audit, Smith on Nominating/Governance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517413-21-000183
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSLY
- cik: 0001517413
- company_name: Fastly, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517413/000151741321000183/0001517413-21-000183-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517413/000151741321000183/fsly-20211028.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sunil Dhaliwal resigned as Director at Fastly, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 28, 2021, Sunil Dhaliwal, a Class I director of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Fastly, Inc. (the “ Company ”), and Kelly Wright, a Class II director of the Board, each provided notice of their resignation as a member of the Board, effective as of as of the appointment of their successors to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517413/000151741321000183/0001517413-21-000183-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kelly Wright resigned as Director at Fastly, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 28, 2021, Sunil Dhaliwal, a Class I director of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Fastly, Inc. (the “ Company ”), and Kelly Wright, a Class II director of the Board, each provided notice of their resignation as a member of the Board, effective as of as of the appointment of their successors to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517413/000151741321000183/0001517413-21-000183-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Daniels was elected as Director at Fastly, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 1, 2021, the Board elected Richard Daniels as a Class I director whose term will expire at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and Vanessa Smith as a Class II director whose term will expire at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, to fill the vacancies created by Mr. Dhaliwal’s and Ms. Wright’s resignations and effective as of November 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517413/000151741321000183/0001517413-21-000183-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vanessa Smith was elected as Director at Fastly, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 1, 2021, the Board elected Richard Daniels as a Class I director whose term will expire at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and Vanessa Smith as a Class II director whose term will expire at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, to fill the vacancies created by Mr. Dhaliwal’s and Ms. Wright’s resignations and effective as of November 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517413/000151741321000183/0001517413-21-000183-index.htm

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