Company: CVLT
Filing Date: 2025-10-20
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001169561-25-000080
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Company: COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-20
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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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.

Director Appointment

On October 17, 2025, Mr. Geoff Haydon was appointed to the board of directors (the “ Board”) of Commvault Systems, Inc. (the “ Company” or “ Commvault”), to hold office until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Haydon was also appointed to the Audit Committee.

Mr. Haydon’s extensive experience leading global cybersecurity businesses and scaling enterprise technology companies provides significant value to our Board. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Ontinue, an MDR company, since its 2023 spin-off from Open Systems. At Open Systems, Mr. Haydon served as Executive Chairman from 2023 to 2024 and Chief Executive Officer from 2021 to 2022. Previously, he led VMware’s Carbon Black/Security Business Unit as Senior Vice President from 2020 to 2021 and was Chief Revenue Officer at Secureworks from 2018 to 2021. Earlier, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Absolute Software from 2014 to 2018.

Mr. Haydon is eligible to receive an annual director retainer consisting of cash and restricted stock units, each in accordance with Commvault’s non-employee director compensation policy, prorated to reflect his partial year term as a director. Commvault’s non-employee director compensation policy is described under the heading “ Director Compensation” on page 23 of Commvault’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, as filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC”) on June 25, 2025, and which is incorporated by reference herein. Mr. Haydon has also entered into a director indemnification agreement with Commvault, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Commvault’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on May 6, 2022, and which is incorporated by reference herein.

In connection with this appointment, the Board determined that Mr. Haydon is independent within the meaning of the listing standards of Nasdaq and for purposes of Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Hay