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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001660134-24-000107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OKTA"
cik: "0001660134"
company_name: "Okta, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T02:28:52.364298+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Okta appoints Anthony Bates to board; adopts bylaw amendments; annual meeting results

## Summary
- Anthony Bates, Chairman and CEO of Genesys Cloud Services, appointed to Okta board as Class III director effective June 21, 2024.
- Bates receives initial grant of 6,099 RSUs vesting over three years; annual cash retainer of $35,000.
- Bylaws amended to align with universal proxy rules, update advance notice deadlines, and add exclusive forum provisions.
- Stockholders re-elected Emilie Choi, Todd McKinnon, Michael Stankey as Class I directors; ratified EY as auditor; approved say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001660134-24-000107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OKTA
- cik: 0001660134
- company_name: Okta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660134/000166013424000107/0001660134-24-000107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660134/000166013424000107/okta-20240620.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001660134-24-000107.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anthony Bates was appointed as Director at Okta, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 20, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Okta, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, expanded the size of the Board to ten directors and appointed Anthony Bates to the Board as a Class III director, effective June 21, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660134/000166013424000107/0001660134-24-000107-index.htm

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