Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): October 23, 2019

Square, 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.)

1455 Market Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, CA 94103

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(415) 375-3176

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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

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 ☐

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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 October 23, 2019, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Square, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from eleven to twelve directors and elected Amy Brooks to the Board as a Class II director and as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective immediately.

Ms. Brooks, age 45, has served as President, Team Marketing & Business Operations and Chief Innovation Officer at the National Basketball Association (the “NBA”) since November, 2017. Prior to her current position, she has served in various other roles at the NBA since January 2005.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Brooks and any other persons pursuant to which Ms. Brooks was selected as a director. Furthermore, there are no family relationships between Ms. Brooks and any director or executive officer of the Company, and she has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Ms. Brooks 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 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. Ms. Brooks has also executed the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement.

A copy of the press release announcing Ms. Brooks’s appointment is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

	99.1	Press Release, dated October 23, 2019.

	104	Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in inline XBRL.

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.