Fortinet Inc

Our Bylaws provide a method for stockholders to place their nominees for director on our proxy ballot. Under our Bylaws, a stockholder, or a group of up to 20 stockholders, owning at least 3% of our outstanding common stock continuously throughout the three-year period (i) through the date of the nomination notice or (ii) following date we implemented proxy access in our Bylaws, whichever is later, is entitled to nominate and include in our proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the lesser of two individuals or 20% of the number of members of the Board of Directors, subject to reduction in certain circumstances, and subject to the stockholders and the nominees satisfying the requirements specified in our Bylaws. Our obligation to include director nominees in its annual meeting proxy materials is also subject to certain exceptions as set forth in our

Bylaws. Written notice of the nomination(s) must be submitted to our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive office no earlier than the 120 th day, and no later than the 90 th day, prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, subject to certain exceptions as set forth in our Bylaws.