Match Group shareholders approve board declassification and stock plan increase
At its June 18, 2025 annual meeting, Match Group stockholders approved a charter amendment to declassify the board over three years and an amendment adding 4,200,000 shares to its stock plan. Stockholders also elected three directors to three-year terms and ratified Ernst & Young LLP as auditor for 2025, and Darrell Cavens was named chair of the audit committee.
Key points
- Stockholders approved declassifying the board over a three-year period through a Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective June 18, 2025.
- The stock plan amendment added 4,200,000 shares and extended the plan term to the tenth anniversary of the 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Stephen Bailey, Melissa Brenner and Kelly Campbell were elected to terms ending at the 2028 annual meeting; Campbell received 206,928,064 votes in favor and 308,165 withheld.
- Darrell Cavens was appointed Chair of the Audit Committee effective June 18, 2025.
The filing
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