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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.

On December 14, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of New Relic, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, increased the size of the Board to eleven directors and appointed Takeshi Numoto to serve as a member of the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Numoto will serve as a Class III director, whose term expires at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2023.

Takeshi Numoto, age 50, has served as Executive Vice President and Commercial Chief Marketing Officer of Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”), a multinational technology company, since March 2020. Prior to that role, Mr. Numoto held a number of roles within Microsoft, including Corporate Vice President, Cloud Marketing from January 2012 to March 2020 and Corporate Vice President, Office Marketing from January 2009 to January 2012. Mr. Numoto holds a B.A. in Law from the University of Tokyo and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. The Company believes Mr. Numoto is qualified to serve as a member of its Board because of his extensive experience as a senior executive in the technology industry.

Mr. Numoto is entitled to cash and equity compensation for service on the Board and its committees in accordance with the Company’s Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy, as amended. In addition, Mr. Numoto entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement. For a description of the material terms of this agreement, see “Transactions With Related Persons—Indemnification Agreements” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2021.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Numoto and any other persons pursuant to which either was selected as a member of the Board. There are also no family relationships between Mr. Numoto and any director or executive officer of the Company, and Mr. Numoto does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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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