---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001544522-23-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRSH"
cik: "0001544522"
company_name: "Freshworks Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T03:49:44.560915+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freshworks annual meeting: directors elected, say-on-pay frequency set at 3 years

## Summary
- Elected Roxanne Austin, Sameer Gandhi, and Dennis Woodside as Class II directors with over 1.28 billion votes for each.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 1.25 billion for, 39.8 million against, 0.99 million abstain.
- Stockholders selected a triennial frequency for future say-on-pay votes: 1.23 billion for 3 years, 63.5 million for 1 year.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for FY2023: 1.32 billion for, 20,293 against, 53,684 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001544522-23-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRSH
- cik: 0001544522
- company_name: Freshworks Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544522/000154452223000047/0001544522-23-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544522/000154452223000047/frsh-20230608.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Freshworks Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation . The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2023. The results of the vote were: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 1,250,967,651 39,833,262 992,652 30,754,797
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544522/000154452223000047/0001544522-23-000047-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Freshworks Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Solicitation of Advisory Stockholder Approval of Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Solicitation of Advisory Stockholder Approval of Executive Compensation . The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, every three years as the preferred frequency for solicitation of advisory stockholder approval of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. The results of the vote were: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 63,456,997 67,739 1,228,223,796 45,033
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544522/000154452223000047/0001544522-23-000047-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Freshworks Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal 4 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The results of the vote were: For Against Abstain 1,322,474,385 20,293 53,684
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544522/000154452223000047/0001544522-23-000047-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Freshworks Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders elected each of the following Class II director nominees to hold office until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, or removal. The results of the vote were: Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-Vote Roxanne S. Austin 1,280,663,317 11,130,248 30,754,797 Sameer Gandhi 1,279,049,649 12,743,916 30,754,797 Dennis M. Woodside 1,290,062,973 1,730,592 30,754,797
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544522/000154452223000047/0001544522-23-000047-index.htm

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