secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Elastic N.V. (ESTC)
CIK:        0001707753
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001707753-23-000062
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Elastic appoints Mark Dodds as Chief Revenue Officer, effective Dec 7, 2023
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- Dodds reports to CEO Ash Kulkarni; responsible for global go-to-market including sales, customer success, and partnerships.
- He brings 23 years of Cisco experience, most recently as SVP of Global Services & Software Sales.
- Compensation: $500k base salary, 60% target bonus, $200k sign-on bonus, and $10M RSU vesting over 4 years.
- Appointment aims to drive revenue growth and build on Elastic's momentum in generative AI and search analytics.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707753/000170775323000062/0001707753-23-000062-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707753/000170775323000062/estc-20231207.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001707753-23-000062

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