veev-20210317

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 17, 2021

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Veeva Systems Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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Delaware

001-36121

20-8235463

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

4280 Hacienda Drive

Pleasanton, California 94588

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (925) 452-6500

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):


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

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Common Stock,
par value $0.00001 per share

VEEV

New York Stock Exchange

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						☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.						☐

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On March 17, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Veeva Systems Inc. (“Veeva”) amended and restated Veeva's bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”) effective immediately. The Bylaws were amended and restated to include a proxy access bylaw in Section 1.12, whereby a stockholder (or a group of up to 20 stockholders) that has held at least 3% of the voting power of our capital stock for three years or more may nominate candidates for up to 20% of the available director seats and have those nominees included in Veeva's proxy materials, provided that the stockholder and nominees satisfy the requirements specified in the Bylaws.

The foregoing description of the amendment and restatement of the Bylaws is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Bylaws, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.						Description
3.1						Amended and Restated Bylaws of Veeva, dated Mar ch 17 , 2021.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	Veeva Systems Inc.

	By:	/s/ Josh Faddis
		Josh Faddis
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Dated: March 22, 2021

SEC Form 8-K filed by Veeva Systems Inc.