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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · GoDaddy (GDDY)

GoDaddy adds Graham Smith to board, joins Audit and Finance Committee

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

GoDaddy's board appointed Graham Smith as an independent director effective June 26, 2024, and placed him on the Audit and Finance Committee. Smith receives a $255,000 initial restricted stock unit award vesting on the one-year anniversary of grant, and a director seat change of this kind is routine governance rather than a change in operations or financial results.

Key points

  • Graham Smith appointed to the board effective June 26, 2024, as a Class I director serving until the 2025 annual meeting
  • Initial restricted stock unit award with an aggregate value of $255,000, vesting on the one-year grant anniversary
  • Smith joins the Audit and Finance Committee and the board deems him an audit committee financial expert
  • Smith previously chaired Splunk's board until Cisco acquired it in March 2024 and retired as Salesforce CFO in 2015

The filing

CompanyGoDaddy (GDDY)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJun 27, 2024, 4:42 PM ET
Accession number0001609711-24-000119

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:12 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on June 27, 2024.

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