ftnt-20240719

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

July 19, 2024

FORTINET, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-34511

77-0560389

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

909 Kifer Road

Sunnyvale, CA 94086

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(408) 235-7700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

(Title of each class)

(Trading Symbol)

(Name of exchange on which registered)

Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value

FTNT

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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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.

SIGNATURES

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

Amendment: Fortinet Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update