Meta Platforms, Inc 8-K, filed Feb 10, 2022
Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)
8-K
2022-02-10
For: 2022-02-05
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About this 8-K
Meta Platforms, Inc filed this 8-K on February 10, 2022, reporting on events of February 5, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
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 5, 2022
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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 5, 2022, Peter Thiel notified Meta Platforms, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will not stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Mr. Thiel will continue to serve as a director until the date of the Annual Meeting.
Following Mr. Thiel’s decision, the Board approved a reduction in the size of the Board to nine (9) members, effective as of the Annual Meeting.
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: | February 10, 2022 | By: | /s/ Katherine R. Kelly | ||||||||
Name: Katherine R. Kelly | |||||||||||
Title: Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||||||