---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-031935"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTLB"
cik: "0001653482"
company_name: "Gitlab Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T04:11:04.528863+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GitLab appoints MongoDB CTO Mark Porter to board of directors

## Summary
- Mark Porter appointed as Class III director and Audit Committee member effective December 13, 2022.
- Porter receives 5,072 RSUs vesting over three years and 2,016 RSUs vesting by June 2023.
- Bylaws amended to comply with universal proxy rules and recent DGCL changes.
- Porter brings database and cloud expertise; previously at MongoDB, AWS, Oracle.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-031935
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTLB
- cik: 0001653482
- company_name: Gitlab Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828022031935/0001628280-22-031935-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828022031935/gtlb-20221213.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-031935.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Porter was appointed as Class III director and member of the Audit Committee at Gitlab Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director and member of the Audit Committee
  source text: On December 13, 2022, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of GitLab Inc. (the “ Company ”) appointed Mark Porter as a Class III director and as a member of the Audit Committee, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828022031935/0001628280-22-031935-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Gitlab Inc.: Amended and restated bylaws to conform to recent DGCL amendments and universal proxy rules, including changes to adjournment procedures, advance notice requirements, and Universal Proxy Rules compliance (effective 2022-12-13).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-12-13
  source text: On December 13, 2022, in connection with the effectiveness of new Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding universal proxy cards, certain recent changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”) and a periodic review of the bylaws of the Company, the Board approved and adopted the Company’s amended and restated bylaws (the “ Amended and Restated Bylaws ”), which became immediately effective.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828022031935/0001628280-22-031935-index.htm

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