UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 16, 2019

SOLARWINDS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38711	81-0753267
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

7171 Southwest Parkway

Building 400

Austin, Texas 78735

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (512) 682-9300

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value	SWI	New York Stock Exchange

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

SolarWinds Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on May 16, 2019 (the “Annual Meeting”). As of March 22, 2019, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 309,951,474 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A summary of the matters voted upon by the stockholders and the final voting results for each such matter are set forth below.

Proposal One: Election of Class I Directors

Each of the following persons was duly elected by the Company’s stockholders as a Class I director to serve for a term of three years expiring at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified, with votes as follows:

	FOR	WITHHELD	BROKER NON-VOTES
Kevin B. Thompson	265,910,734	7,359,067	869,022
William Bock	269,531,880	3,737,921	869,022
Seth Boro	265,269,926	7,999,875	869,022
Kenneth Hao	265,214,179	8,055,622	869,022

Proposal Two: Ratification of Appointment of Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 was ratified by the stockholders, with votes as follows:

FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
274,115,288	22,141	1,394

No other matters were brought before the Annual Meeting and no other votes were held.

SIGNATURE

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.

	SOLARWINDS CORPORATION
Dated: May 21, 2019
By:	/s/ Jason W. Bliss
	Jason W. Bliss
	EVP, General Counsel and Secretary