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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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): October 20, 2022
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ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware   001-36468   20-1751121
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
   (Commission File Number)  
(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

5453 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) 
(408) 547-5500
(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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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, $0.0001 par value ANET New York Stock Exchange
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.  ☐


 
 
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. 
On October 20, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Arista Networks, Inc. (the “Company”), acting upon the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, adopted amended and restated bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), which became effective immediately.
Among other things, the Amended and Restated Bylaws update and revise the advance notice procedures for the nomination of directors or the proposal of other business at stockholder meetings; include a Delaware forum selection provision to provide that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, another state court in Delaware or the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for certain corporate law-related claims; include a federal forum selection provision for claims under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; update certain provisions related to stockholder meetings, including clarifying the Board may cancel, postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled annual meeting of stockholders; and make a variety of other language and conforming changes and other technical edits and updates (including to account for changes in Delaware law).
The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Bylaws is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text thereof, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
  
 Exhibit Number
  
 Description
  
 3.1   
  104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (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.


ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
October 24, 2022
By: /s/ ITA BRENNAN
Ita Brennan
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

 


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