Company: BL
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001666134-25-000025
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Company: BLACKLINE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
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.

On July 24, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “ Board”) of BlackLine, Inc. (the “ Company”) appointed Gregory Hughes to serve as a member of the Board, with a term beginning on July 25, 2025. Mr. Hughes will serve in the class of directors whose term expires at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027. Mr. Hughes will also join the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Compensation Committee”).

Mr. Hughes served as Chief Executive Officer and a board member of Veritas Technologies LLC, a leader in secure multi-cloud data management, from 2018 to 2024, when Veritas merged with Cohesity, a privately held AI-powered data security and management company. Mr. Hughes has served as a board member of Cohesity since the merger. From 2013 to 2016, Mr. Hughes served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Serena Software, which was acquired by HGGC in 2014, and by Micro Focus International Plc. in 2016. Mr. Hughes has been a director of a number of public and privately held companies, including LogMeIn from 2011 to 2017. Mr. Hughes holds an M. B. A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and received his B. A. and M. S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In accordance with the Company’s amended and restated Outside Director Compensation Policy, the terms of which are described in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, Mr. Hughes is entitled to cash and equity compensation for his service on the Board and the Compensation Committee. He will also enter into BlackLine’s standard form of indemnification agreement, which has been previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

There are no family relationships between Mr. Hughes and any director or executive officer of the Company, and Mr. Hughes has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.