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): May 13, 2016
Tableau Software, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35925 | 47-0945740 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 837 North 34th Street, Suite 200 Seattle, Washington |
98103 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (206) 633-3400
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On May 5, 2016 the Company reported financial results for the first quarter of 2016, and conducted a conference call that afternoon with investors regarding the results. The call was announced by a widely disseminated press release and was made available to the public via audio webcast.
On the conference call, Tom Walker, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, provided guidance for the Company’s full year 2016 results, and inadvertently stated that “we are anticipating R&D (Research and Development) as a percent of annual revenue to be around 20%.” Mr. Walker intended to state that “we are anticipating R&D (Research and Development) as a percent of annual revenue to be close to 25%.”
The information in this Item 7.01 of this current report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Tableau Software, Inc. | ||||||
| Dated: May 13, 2016 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Keenan M. Conder | |||||
| Keenan M. Conder | ||||||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||