Meta Platforms Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
$META
Computer Software: Programming Data Processing
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UNITED STATES
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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): April 11, 2025
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 11, 2025, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Meta Platforms, Inc. (the "Company") approved an increase in the size of the Board to fifteen (15) members and elected Dina Powell McCormick and Patrick Collison as members of the Board, effective April 15, 2025. A copy of the press release announcing the election is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The Board has determined that each of Ms. Powell McCormick and Mr. Collison qualifies as an independent director under the corporate governance standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. As of the time of this filing, the Board has not made a determination regarding the committees of the Board, if any, to which Ms. Powell McCormick and Mr. Collison will be appointed. Each of Ms. Powell McCormick and Mr. Collison will receive compensation for their service as a non-employee member of the Board as set forth in the Company's Director Compensation Policy.
There are no arrangements or understandings between any of Ms. Powell McCormick and Mr. Collison and any other person pursuant to which any of Ms. Powell McCormick and Mr. Collison was selected as a director, and there are no transactions in which the Company is a party and in which any of Ms. Powell McCormick and Mr. Collison has a material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number | Exhibit Title or Description | |||||||
99.1 | ||||||||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document) | |||||||
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: | April 11, 2025 | By: | /s/ Katherine R. Kelly | ||||||||
| Name: | Katherine R. Kelly | ||||||||||
| Title: | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||