secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET)
CIK:        0001596532
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001596532-25-000077
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Arista appoints Greg Lavender to board; Chief Platform Officer John McCool to step down April 7
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- Greg Lavender (Intel CTO) appointed as independent director, Board expanded to 9 members, effective immediately.
- Lavender appointed to Audit Committee; receives standard non-employee director compensation plus pro-rata RSU.
- John McCool to step down as CPO & SVP Engineering/Operations effective April 7, 2025; will become senior advisor to CEO.
- McCool to take personal leave of absence; no disagreement with Arista; expects to return after leave.
- Alex Rose (VP Hardware Eng) and Mike Kappus (AVP Manufacturing) will assume McCool's responsibilities.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653225000077/0001596532-25-000077-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653225000077/anet-20250314.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001596532-25-000077

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