secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Snowflake Inc. (SNOW)
CIK:        0001640147
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001640147-24-000033
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman retires; Sridhar Ramaswamy appointed successor
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- Frank Slootman retired as CEO effective Feb 27, 2024; remains Chairman of the board.
- Sridhar Ramaswamy, previously SVP of AI, appointed as new CEO and Class III director.
- Ramaswamy receives $75M stock option (5-year monthly vest, 1-year holding requirement after exercise).
- Performance-based restricted stock award valued at $20M; additional RSU valued at $5M contingent on personal stock purchase of $5M.
- Annual base salary $750,000 with target bonus of 100% of salary.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1640147/000164014724000033/0001640147-24-000033-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1640147/000164014724000033/snow-20240227.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640147-24-000033

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