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 ~~the~~Report ~~Securities~~(Date ~~Exchange~~of ~~Act~~earliest ofevent ~~1934~~reported): August 8, 2022

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 8, 2022

AVALARA, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Washington	001-38525	91-1995935
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
255 South King Street, Suite 1800 Seattle, WA		98104
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

255 South King Street, Suite 1800 Seattle, WA		98104
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (206) 826-4900

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	~~TradingSymbol(s)~~Name of each exchange on which registered		~~Name of each exchangeon which registered~~
Common Stock, Par Value $0.0001 Per Share	AVLR	~~AVLR~~New York Stock Exchange		~~New York Stock Exchange~~

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5 2.0702 ~~Submission~~Results of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Shareholders~~ Condition.

On ~~June~~ August 8, 2022, Avalara, Inc. ~~held~~(the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its ~~Annual~~financial ~~Meeting~~results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 and providing its business outlook. A copy of ~~Shareholders~~the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The ~~following~~information ~~nominees~~in ~~were~~this ~~elected~~Item ~~as directors~~2.02, ~~each~~including Exhibit 99.1 to ~~hold~~this ~~office~~Current ~~until~~Report, ~~the~~is ~~Annual~~being ~~Meeting~~furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of ~~Shareholders~~Section in18 of the ~~year~~Securities ~~shown~~Exchange ~~below~~Act of 1934, as amended, or ~~the~~otherwise ~~earliest~~subject to ~~occur~~the liabilities of ~~his~~that section or ~~her~~Sections ~~death,~~11 ~~resignation~~and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, oras ~~removal~~amended. The information in this Item 2.02 and ~~until~~in ~~his~~the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or ~~her~~other ~~successor~~document isfiled ~~elected~~by the Company with the Securities and ~~qualified~~Exchange Commission, bywhether made before or after the ~~vote~~date of this Current Report, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth ~~below:~~by specific reference in such filing.

Nominee	Class(1)	For		Withheld		BrokerNon-Votes
Edward Gilhuly	I		50,262,466		23,220,641		7,049,558
Scott McFarlane	I		53,534,889		19,948,218		7,049,558
Tami Reller	I		52,607,215		20,875,892		7,049,558
Srinivas Tallapragada	I		72,556,721		926,386		7,049,558
Bruce Crawford	II		72,702,538		780,569		7,049,558
Marcela Martin	III		57,661,727		15,821,380		7,049,558

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(1d) ~~The terms of Class I directors will expire at the 2025 annual meeting~~Exhibits. ~~The terms of Class II directors will expire at the 2023 annual meeting. The terms of Class III directors will expire at the 2024 annual meeting.~~

The compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement was approved in an advisory vote, as set forth below:

Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press release dated August 8, 2022
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
71,184,438		2,008,913		289,756		7,049,558

The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 was ratified by the vote set forth below:

For		Against		Abstain
80,190,874		320,580		21,211

SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.

	AVALARA, INC.
Date: June 13, 2022	By:	/s/ Alesia L. Pinney
Date: August 8, 2022	By:	/s/ Alesia L. Pinney
		Alesia L. Pinney Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary

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