# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001528396
**File Stem:** 0001528396-25-000248
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001528396-25-000248.hdr.sgml**: 20251218

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001528396-25-000248

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251215

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251218

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251218

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Guidewire Software, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001528396
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 364468504
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0731

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-35394
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251583279

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 970 PARK PL, SUITE 200
- **CITY:** SAN MATEO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94403
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 650-357-9100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 970 PARK PL, SUITE 200
- **CITY:** SAN MATEO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94403

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**_______________________________________________________________**

**FORM 8-K** 

**_______________________________________________________________**

**CURRENT REPORT** 

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the** 

**Securities Exchange Act of 1934** 

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2025** 

**_______________________________________________________________**

**Guidewire Software, Inc.** 

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

**_______________________________________________________________**

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| **Delaware** | **001-35394** | **36-4468504** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |

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**970 Park Pl, Suite 200** 

**San Mateo, CA 94403** 

**(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)** 

**(650) 357-9100** 

**(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)** 

**Not applicable** 

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

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:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value | GWRE | New York Stock Exchange |

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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. ☐

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**Item 5.07 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

On December 15, 2025, Guidewire Software, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The proposals considered at the Annual Meeting are described in detail in the Company's 2025 definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2025 (the "Proxy Statement"). Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 79,780,871 shares of the Company's common stock, representing a majority of the Company's issued and outstanding shares as of October 20, 2025, the record date for the Annual Meeting, and constituting a quorum under the Company's amended and restated bylaws. The following proposals were voted upon, and the final results with respect to each such proposal are set forth below:

 1. <u>Election of Directors</u>

The stockholders elected the eight persons named below as directors of the Company, each to serve for a one-year term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The results of such vote were:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| NAME | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES |
| Michael C. Keller | 73720973 | 1077712 | 39677 | 4942509 |
| Mike Rosenbaum | 74781365 | 21630 | 35367 | 4942509 |
| Mark V. Anquillare | 74772527 | 24174 | 41661 | 4942509 |
| David S. Bauer | 74622245 | 174494 | 41623 | 4942509 |
| Margaret Dillon | 73218928 | 1582138 | 37296 | 4942509 |
| Catherine P. Lego | 73717231 | 1018908 | 102223 | 4942509 |
| Rajani Ramanathan | 74653381 | 145896 | 39085 | 4942509 |
| Jeffrey Sloan | 74710194 | 83148 | 45020 | 4942509 |

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 2. <u>Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</u>

The stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2026. The results of such vote were:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES |
| 79,400,946 | 320,826 | 59,099 | 0 |

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3. <u>Advisory Vote on Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers</u>

The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The results of such vote were:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES |
| 73,326,214 | 1,447,631 | 64,517 | 4,942,509 |

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No other items were presented for stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting.

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**SIGNATURE** 

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.

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| Date: | December 18, 2025 | **GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC.** | **GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC.** |
|  |  | By: | /s/ WINSTON KING |
|  |  |  | Winston King |
|  |  |  | Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary |

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