---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001596532-21-000242"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANET"
cik: "0001596532"
company_name: "Arista Networks, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T04:06:26.590745+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arista Networks appoints Lewis Chew as independent director, adds to Audit Committee

## Summary
- Board expanded to nine members; Chew appointed as Class III director with term through 2023 annual meeting.
- Chew is EVP and CFO of Dolby Laboratories; also serves on Cadence Design Systems board and audit committee.
- Compensation: $75k annual cash retainer plus $10k for Audit Committee; RSUs worth $225k vesting quarterly over one year.
- No arrangements or transactions with Chew; he will enter standard indemnification agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001596532-21-000242
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANET
- cik: 0001596532
- company_name: Arista Networks, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653221000242/0001596532-21-000242-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653221000242/anet-20210719.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001596532-21-000242
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001596532-21-000242.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lewis Chew was appointed as independent director at Arista Networks, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent director
  source text: On July 19, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Arista Networks, Inc. (“Arista”) increased the size of the Board to nine members and appointed Lewis Chew to serve as an independent member of Arista’s Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653221000242/0001596532-21-000242-index.htm

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