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accession: "0001596532-23-000168"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANET"
cik: "0001596532"
company_name: "Arista Networks, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:43:56.252745+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arista Networks 2023 annual meeting results: directors elected, say-on-pay approved, auditor ratified

## Summary
- Elected Lewis Chew (190.2M votes for, 69.6M withheld) and Mark B. Templeton (177.2M for, 82.5M withheld) as Class III directors.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 244.9M for, 12.6M against, 2.3M abstentions.
- Ratified Ernst & Young as FY2023 auditor with 277.6M for, 4.8M against, 0.2M abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001596532-23-000168
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANET
- cik: 0001596532
- company_name: Arista Networks, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-16T23:59:59+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/1596532/000159653223000168/0001596532-23-000168-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653223000168/anet-20230614.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Arista Networks, Inc. shareholders approved Election of two Class III directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On June 14, 2023, the Company held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The stockholders voted on the following proposals at the Annual Meeting: 1. To elect two Class III directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, subject to earlier resignation or removal; 2. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and 3. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the Company’s proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2023. The voting results for each of the proposals are as follows: 1.Election of Directors Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-votes Lewis Chew 190,172,554
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653223000168/0001596532-23-000168-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Arista Networks, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: 3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm For Against Abstained Broker Non-votes 277,621,422 4,817,256 194,330 0 The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653223000168/0001596532-23-000168-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Arista Networks, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: 2. Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation For Against Abstained Broker Non-votes 244,852,222 12,622,587 2,260,178 22,898,021 The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653223000168/0001596532-23-000168-index.htm

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