Block, Inc 8-K, filed Jun 16, 2020
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About this 8-K
Block, Inc filed this 8-K on June 16, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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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 June 16, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Square, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from ten to eleven directors and elected Darren Walker to the Board as a Class III director, effective immediately. Mr. Walker will serve until the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, when he will be a nominee for election to the Board by a vote of the Company’s stockholders. The Board has not yet made a determination regarding committee assignments for Mr. Walker.
Mr. Walker, age 60, has served as President of the Ford Foundation, a philanthropic organization, since 2013. From 2010 to 2013, he served as Vice President for Education, Creativity and Free Expression at the Ford Foundation. Prior to the Ford Foundation, Mr. Walker worked for the Rockefeller Foundation, a philanthropic organization, and served as a Vice President responsible for foundation initiatives from 2005 to 2010. From 1995 to 2002, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Abyssinian Development Corporation, a community development organization in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. Prior to that, Mr. Walker held various positions in finance and banking at UBS AG. Mr. Walker currently serves on the board of PepsiCo, Inc. and on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including the National Gallery of Art, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Friends of the High Line, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, and Carnegie Hall. Mr. Walker is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Walker holds B.A., B.S., and J.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Walker and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Walker was selected as a director. Furthermore, there are no family relationships between Mr. Walker and any director or executive officer of the Company, and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Mr. Walker will receive the Company’s standard remuneration for non-employee directors in accordance with the Company’s Outside Director Compensation Policy, as described in the proxy statement relating to the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Walker has also executed the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Walker’s appointment is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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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.
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Exhibit 99.1
Square Names Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, to Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO—June 16, 2020—Today Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) announced that Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, has joined its Board of Directors.
“Social justice is synonymous with economic opportunity,” said Mr. Walker. “I’ve spent my entire career developing new ways to conduct philanthropy and address structural inequality. I can think of no company that is better suited to continue building on this mission than Square.”
“Darren’s life-long work around economic empowerment and social justice is deeply aligned with Square’s purpose,” said Jack Dorsey, CEO and Chairman of Square. “Over several months of discussing this opportunity with Darren, it became obvious how much we would benefit from his compassion and leadership experience. I’m thrilled he agreed to join our board.”
Darren Walker is president of the Ford Foundation, an international social justice philanthropy with an endowment of approximately $13 billion as of December 31, 2019. He is a member of Governor Cuomo’s Reimagining New York Commission and co-chair of NYC Census 2020. He also chaired the philanthropy committee that brought a resolution to the city of Detroit’s historic bankruptcy.
Before joining Ford, Darren was vice president at Rockefeller Foundation, overseeing global and domestic programs. In the 1990s, he was COO of the Abyssinian Development Corporation, Harlem’s largest community development organization.
Darren co-chairs New York City’s Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments and Markers; has served on the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform and the UN International Labour Organization Global Commission on the Future of Work. He co-founded both the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance and the Presidents’ Council on Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy. He serves on many boards, including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The National Gallery of Art, Carnegie Hall, Friends of the High Line, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the recipient of more than 15 honorary degrees and university awards, including Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Medal.
Educated exclusively in public schools, Darren was a member of the first Head Start class in 1965 and received B.A., B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. He has been included on numerous leadership lists, including Time’s annual 100 Most Influential People, Rolling Stone’s 25 People Shaping the Future, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 and OUT Magazine’s Power 50.
Square’s Board of Directors also includes Jack Dorsey, Roelof Botha, Amy Brooks, Paul Deighton, Randy Garutti, Jim McKelvey, Mary Meeker, Anna Patterson, Larry Summers, and David Viniar.
About Square, Inc.
Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) revolutionized payments in 2009 with Square Reader, making it possible for anyone to accept card payments using a smartphone or tablet. Today, we build tools to empower businesses and individuals to participate in the economy. Sellers use Square to reach buyers online and in-person, manage their business, and access financing. And individuals use Cash App to spend, send, store, and invest money. Square has offices in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Ireland, and the UK.