--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001628280-23-024043" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "GTLB" cik: "0001653482" company_name: "Gitlab Inc." filed_at: "2023-06-30T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-13T14:01:24.268838+00:00" event_type: "leadership" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.35 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # GitLab appoints Erin Mannix as Chief Accounting Officer; Dale Brown retires after planned succession ## Summary - Erin Mannix appointed CAO effective June 29, 2023; previously VP, Accounting at GitLab and CAO at Unisys. - Dale Brown retires as Principal Accounting Officer (previously announced Sept. 2022); remains advisory through Oct. 2023. - Shareholders elected three Class II directors (Blasing, Saintil, Sullivan) and ratified KPMG as auditor for FY2024. - Say-on-pay approved with ~98% for; stockholders advised annual frequency, adopted by Board. - Mannix brings 20 years experience including roles at Unisys, FIS, Laureate Education; CPA, Villanova graduate. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001628280-23-024043 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: GTLB - cik: 0001653482 - company_name: Gitlab Inc. - filed_at: 2023-06-30T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: leadership - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.35 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828023024043/0001628280-23-024043-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828023024043/gtlb-20230629.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-024043 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-024043.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-024043.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Erin Mannix was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer and Chief Accounting Officer at Gitlab Inc.. - Action: appointed - Role: Principal Accounting Officer and Chief Accounting Officer source text: appointed Erin Mannix as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, effective June 29, 2023 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828023024043/0001628280-23-024043-index.htm - Executive change Dale Brown retired as Principal Accounting Officer at Gitlab Inc.. - Action: retired - Role: Principal Accounting Officer source text: Dale Brown will step down as Principal Accounting Officer as of the Effective Date. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828023024043/0001628280-23-024043-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Gitlab Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2024 at the 2023-06-29 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-29 source text: 2. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2024: Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstaining 548,437,832 1,414,090 39,923 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828023024043/0001628280-23-024043-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Gitlab Inc. shareholders approved Election of three Class II directors, Karen Blasing, Merline Saintil, and Godfrey Sullivan, each to serve a three-year term, which will expire at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such time as their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier res at the 2023-06-29 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-29 source text: 1. Election of three Class II directors, Karen Blasing, Merline Saintil, and Godfrey Sullivan, each to serve a three-year term, which will expire at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such time as their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal: Nominees Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstaining Broker Non-Votes Karen Blasing 520,441,104 — 458,024 28,992,717 Merline Saintil 518,376,647 — 2,522,481 28,992,717 Godfrey Sullivan 508,594,209 — 12,304,919 28,992,717 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828023024043/0001628280-23-024043-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Gitlab Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers at the 2023-06-29 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-29 source text: 3. Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers. Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 515,931,896 4,312,915 654,317 28,992,717 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828023024043/0001628280-23-024043-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Gitlab Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, whether future advisory votes on the compensation by the Company to its named executive officers should be held every one, two, or three years at the 2023-06-29 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-29 source text: 4. Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, whether future advisory votes on the compensation by the Company to its named executive officers should be held every one, two, or three years. One Year Two Years Three Years Shares Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 518,213,904 16,373 1,974,307 694,544 — evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828023024043/0001628280-23-024043-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.