secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET)
CIK:        0001596532
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001596532-23-000324
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Arista Networks appoints new CFO, Bechtolsheim steps down as Chairman, new board appointments
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- Chantelle Breithaupt named CFO effective Feb 2024, succeeding retiring Ita Brennan; receives $315k base, $10M RSU grant, $2M PSU grant.
- Andy Bechtolsheim resigns as Chairman and CDO, becomes Chief Architect; Ken Duda appointed to Board.
- Jayshree Ullal appointed Chairperson of the Board effective December 1, 2023.
- Hugh Holbrook promoted to Chief Development Officer, reporting to CTO Ken Duda.
- Ita Brennan to remain in advisory role until retirement on March 1, 2024; departure not due to any disagreement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653223000324/0001596532-23-000324-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653223000324/anet-20231201.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001596532-23-000324

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