Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(d) Appointment of New Director.

On April 14, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Splunk Inc. (the "Company") appointed Yamini Rangan to serve as a member of the Board. The Board also appointed Ms. Rangan to the Governance & Sustainability Committee of the Board. All such appointments were effective immediately. Ms. Rangan will serve in the class of directors whose term expires at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Rangan and any other persons pursuant to which she was elected as a director. Ms. Rangan has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Ms. Rangan will participate in the director benefits arrangements applicable to non-employee directors as described in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2022. In addition, the Company will enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Ms. Rangan.

A copy of the press release announcing the changes to the Board is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d) Exhibits



Exhibit
Number                                   Description

  99.1       Press release issued by Splunk Inc. dated April 18, 2023

104        Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded
           within the Inline XBRL document

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