---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001580808-24-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATEN"
cik: "0001580808"
company_name: "A10 Networks, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T03:42:19.613885+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# A10 Networks annual meeting: director Eric Singer gets 35.5M withhold votes vs 27.5M for

## Summary
- Eric Singer received more withhold (35,479,439) than for (27,508,435) votes, a rare shareholder protest.
- All five director nominees were elected; other four had over 57M for votes each.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 60.96M for (94.7% of cast excluding broker non-votes).
- Ratification of Grant Thornton as FY2024 auditor passed with 69.5M for.
- 69.7M shares voted, representing 93.57% of outstanding common stock.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001580808-24-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATEN
- cik: 0001580808
- company_name: A10 Networks, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580808/000158080824000083/0001580808-24-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580808/000158080824000083/aten-20240509.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001580808-24-000083.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  A10 Networks, Inc. shareholders approved Election of directors named below to hold office until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: The Company’s stockholders voted upon and approved the following proposals at the Annual Meeting: Proposal 1 : The election of the directors named below
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580808/000158080824000083/0001580808-24-000083-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  A10 Networks, Inc. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 2 : A non-binding advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 60,961,409 1,953,851 72,614 6,719,875
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580808/000158080824000083/0001580808-24-000083-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  A10 Networks, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 3 : The ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 69,524,504 18,321 164,924 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580808/000158080824000083/0001580808-24-000083-index.htm

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