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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Fortinet, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on February 23, 2024 disclosing, among other things, that, on February 16, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Mary Agnes “Maggie” Wilderotter to join the Board as a director, with an initial term to expire at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (“2024 Annual Meeting”) and with such appointment being effective as of April 19, 2024. At the 2024 Annual Meeting, Ms. Wilderotter was reelected to serve as a member of the Board, with a term to expire at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualified or until her earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal.
At the time of Ms. Wilderotter’s appointment, the Board had not yet determined on which of the Board’s standing committees Ms. Wilderotter would serve.
On July 19, 2024, the Board appointed Ms. Wilderotter to the Governance Committee of the Board, effective immediately.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Fortinet, Inc. | ||||||||
Date: July 24, 2024 | By: | /s/ JOHN WHITTLE | ||||||
| John Whittle | ||||||||
| Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||