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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. |
(c)
On March 1, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Michael Sentonas as an executive officer for purposes of Rule 3b-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K and as the Company’s President under the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, effective immediately.
Prior to being appointed President, Mr. Sentonas, 49, served as our Chief Technology Officer since February 2020, and as our Vice President, Technology Strategy from May 2016 to February 2020. Immediately prior to joining us, Mr. Sentonas served at McAfee Corp. from March 2004 to April 2016 in various positions, and finally as Chief Technology Officer – Security Connected from November 2013 to April 2016. Mr. Sentonas is a board member of the CrowdStrike Foundation, a nonprofit established to support the next generation of talent and research in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence through scholarships, grants, and other activities, and a member of the Forbes Technology Counsel, an organization for senior technology executives. He is an active public speaker on security issues and advises government and business communities on global and local cyber security threats. Mr. Sentonas holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Edith Cowan University, Western Australia.
There is no arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which Mr. Sentonas was appointed, and there are no family relationships between Mr. Sentonas and any of our directors or executive officers. Additionally, there are no transactions between us or our subsidiaries and Mr. Sentonas that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
(a)
On March 1, 2023, the Board adopted with immediate effect Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) to add flexibility to the number of persons who can be appointed to one office.
The foregoing description is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.2 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document |
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.
| CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. | |
| Date: March 3, 2023 | /s/ Burt W. Podbere |
Burt W. Podbere Chief Financial Officer |