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    SEC Form 8-K filed by Block Inc.

    6/21/24 4:07:55 PM ET
    $SQ
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    8-K
    false 0001512673 0001512673 2024-06-18 2024-06-18

     

     

    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): June 18, 2024

     

     

    Block, Inc.

    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     

     

     

    Delaware   001-37622   80-0429876

    (State or other jurisdiction

    of incorporation)

     

    (Commission

    File Number)

     

    (IRS Employer

    Identification No.)

     

    1955 Broadway, Suite 600
    Oakland, CA 956121
    (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

    (415) 375-3176

    (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

    N/A

    (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 Instruction A.2. below):

     

    ☐

    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

     

    ☐

    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

     

    ☐

    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

     

    ☐

    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

     

    Title of each class

     

    Trading
    Symbol(s)

     

    Name of each exchange

    on which registered

    Class A Common Stock, $0.0000001 par value per share   SQ   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 ☐

     

     

    1 

    We have adopted a distributed work model and, therefore, have no formal headquarters. This address represents our “principal executive office,” which we are required to identify under the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

     

     

     


    Item 5.07

    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

    On June 18, 2024, Block, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The stockholders of the Company voted on the following three proposals at the Annual Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2024:

     

      1.

    To elect two Class III directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified;

     

      2.

    To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and

     

      3.

    To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

    Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0000001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), were entitled to one vote on each proposal for each share held as of the close of business on April 22, 2024 (the “Record Date”), and holders of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0000001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), were entitled to ten votes on each proposal for each share held as of the close of business on the Record Date. The Class A Common Stock (including the underlying shares represented by CHESS Depositary Interests (“CDIs”)) and Class B Common Stock voted as a single class on all matters.

    At the beginning of the Annual Meeting, there were 434,568,984 votes of Class A Common Stock (including votes of the Company’s CDIs) and 601,036,410 votes of Class B Common Stock present at the meeting in person or by proxy, together representing 89.06% of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum.

    The final voting results for each of these proposals are detailed below.

     

    1.

    Election of Directors

     

    Nominee

       Votes For      Votes
    Withheld
         Broker
    Non-Votes
     

    Randall Garutti

         840,783,307        119,854,237        74,972,831  

    Mary Meeker

         948,708,327        11,929,217        74,972,831  

    Each director-nominee was duly elected as a Class III director to serve until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

     

    2.

    Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers

     

    Votes For

     

    Votes Against

     

    Votes Abstained

     

    Broker Non-Votes

    939,399,385   20,783,583   454,576   74,972,831

    The stockholders advised that they were in favor of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

     

    3.

    Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     

    Votes For

     

    Votes Against

     

    Votes Abstained

    1,033,493,000   1,594,743   522,632

    The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

     


    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.

     

    BLOCK, INC.
       

    /s/ Chrysty Esperanza

      Chrysty Esperanza
      Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

    Date: June 21, 2024

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