Varonis Systems Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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): June 1, 2026

 

VARONIS SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware	001-36324	57-1222280
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

801 Brickell Avenue Miami, FL	33131
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

 

(877) 292-8767
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

 

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

 

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	VRNS	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

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).

 

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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.

 

(e) On June 1, 2026, the stockholders of the Company also approved an increase in the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), available for issuance under the Amended and Restated Varonis Systems, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “2023 Plan”). The material terms of the 2023 Plan, as amended to reflect the increase of 6,402,279 shares of Common Stock available for issuance thereunder approved by the Company’s stockholders, are described in the section entitled “Proposal No. 4: Approval of Additional Shares for Issuance under the Amended and Restated Varonis Systems, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan” on pages 10 through 15 of the Proxy Statement, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The Company held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 1, 2026. Set forth below are the voting results of the four proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, all of which were described in the Proxy Statement.

 

PROPOSAL NO. 1 To elect the four nominees for director named below to the Board of Directors to hold office until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

 

	For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Yakov Faitelson	84,726,187		6,440,665		9,029,268
Thomas Mendoza	86,087,842		5,079,010		9,029,268
Avrohom J. Kess	83,030,783		8,136,069		9,029,268
Ohad Korkus	85,200,709		5,966,143		9,029,268

 

PROPOSAL NO. 2 Advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
83,058,191		7,994,373		114,288		9,029,268

 

PROPOSAL NO. 3 To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global Limited, as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
96,222,394		3,931,624		42,102		-

 

PROPOSAL NO. 4 To approve additional shares for issuance under the Amended and Restated Varonis Systems, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
81,381,236		9,715,526		70,090		9,029,268

 

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.

 

	VARONIS SYSTEMS, INC.
Dated: June 2, 2026	By:	/s/ Guy Melamed
	Name: Guy Melamed
	Title: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer