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accession: "0001666134-25-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BL"
cik: "0001666134"
company_name: "BLACKLINE, INC."
filed_at: "2025-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T00:18:29.252955+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# BlackLine appoints former Veritas CEO Greg Hughes to Board

## Summary
- Greg Hughes appointed to BlackLine Board of Directors, effective July 25, 2025.
- Hughes will serve in class of directors with term expiring at 2027 annual meeting; also joins Compensation Committee.
- Hughes most recently served as CEO of Veritas Technologies, leading it through merger with Cohesity; also served on LogMeIn board.
- Appointment follows Sam Balaji (former CEO of Deloitte Consulting) joining board in June 2025.
- Co-CEOs Owen Ryan and Therese Tucker welcomed Hughes, citing his enterprise software and transformation expertise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001666134-25-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BL
- cik: 0001666134
- company_name: BLACKLINE, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666134/000166613425000025/0001666134-25-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666134/000166613425000025/bl-20250724.htm

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