Meta Platforms, Inc 8-K, filed Feb 3, 2020
Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)
8-K
2020-02-03
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About this 8-K
Meta Platforms, Inc filed this 8-K on February 3, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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): February 3, 2020
Facebook, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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(650 ) 543-4800
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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 February 3, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Facebook, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Andrew W. Houston as a member of the Board, effective immediately. A copy of the press release announcing the appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. As of the time of this filing, the Board has not made a final determination regarding the committees of the Board, if any, to which Mr. Houston will be appointed. Mr. Houston will receive compensation similar to the amounts and forms paid to other non-employee members of the Board as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2019.
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.
FACEBOOK, INC. | |||
Date: | February 3, 2020 | By: | /s/ David Kling |
Name: David Kling | |||
Title: Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary | |||
Exhibit 99.1
Drew Houston Joins Facebook Board of Directors
MENLO PARK, Calif., February 3, 2020: Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) today announced that Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, has been appointed to the company's board of directors, effective immediately.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, said: "Drew brings valuable perspective to our board as a leader of a technology company with services used by millions of people and businesses. He thinks deeply about where technology is going and how to build a culture that delivers services that always work well."
"It's been inspiring to watch Facebook grow into a platform that reaches billions of people around the world. I'm looking forward to working with Mark and the rest of the Board on the many opportunities and challenges ahead," said Houston.
Houston is the co-founder and CEO of Dropbox. Since founding the company in 2007 with Arash Ferdowsi, Houston has led the company's growth from a simple idea to a service used by over 600 million people around the world. He received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2006. After graduating, he turned his frustration with carrying USB drives and emailing files to himself into a demo for what became Dropbox. Today, the company is one of the world's leading business collaboration platforms with 14 million paying subscribers and 2,300 employees across 12 global offices.
Facebook's current board members are: Mark Zuckerberg; Peggy Alford, Senior Vice President, Core Markets of PayPal Holdings, Inc; Marc L. Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz; Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and Managing Director, General Catalyst; Drew Houston, Co-Founder and CEO, Dropbox; Sheryl K. Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook; Peter A. Thiel, Founders Fund; and Jeffrey D. Zients, CEO, the Cranemere Group.
About Facebook
Founded in 2004, Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. People use Facebook's apps and technologies to connect with friends and family, find communities and grow businesses.
Contacts
Investors:
Deborah Crawford
investor@fb.com / investor.fb.com
Press:
Ryan Moore
press@fb.com / newsroom.fb.com