secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Elastic N.V. (ESTC)
CIK:        0001707753
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-27T20:16:33+00:00
Accession:  0001707753-26-000036
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Elastic nominates Julia Liuson to board; Caryn Marooney to depart at Oct 2026 AGM
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- Caryn Marooney will not stand for re-appointment as non-executive director; term expires at October 2026 AGM.
- Board nominated Julia Liuson (ex-President, Microsoft Developer Division; led GitHub Copilot AI integration) for board seat.
- Liuson's appointment subject to shareholder vote at 2026 AGM; she would join Compensation Committee if elected.
- Liuson also serves on boards of Cadence Design Systems and Wanderboat.AI; board observer at Schneider Electric.
- Marooney's departure not due to disagreement with company; planned succession disclosed Aug 24, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707753/000170775326000036/0001707753-26-000036-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707753/000170775326000036/estc-20260824.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001707753-26-000036

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