Meta Platforms Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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): September 5, 2024
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On September 5, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Meta Platforms, Inc. (the “Company”) amended and restated the Company’s bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), which became effective as of such date. The Amended and Restated Bylaws, among other things, enhance and clarify certain procedural and disclosure requirements related to shareholder nominations of directors and submissions of proposals regarding other business at annual or special meetings of shareholders, including with respect to the information about any such shareholders and their affiliates required to be disclosed to the Company, the number of nominees that shareholders may nominate for election, and certain other updates in light of the “universal proxy” rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 14a-19 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Amended and Restated Bylaws also include updates to matters related to meetings of shareholders, including who may preside over such meetings, and certain other technical, clarifying and conforming changes, including updates to conform to the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The foregoing summary of the Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated in this Item 5.03 by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit Number | Exhibit Title or Description | ||||
| 3.1 | |||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (Embedded within the inline XBRL document and included in Exhibit) | ||||
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 hereunto duly authorized.
META PLATFORMS, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: | September 10, 2024 | By: | /s/ Katherine R. Kelly | ||||||||
Name: | Katherine R. Kelly | ||||||||||
Title: | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||