---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-106687"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTCH"
cik: "0000891103"
company_name: "Match Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T19:41:21.439813+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Match Group appoints Steven Bailey as CFO, effective March 1, 2025

## Summary
- Steven Bailey appointed CFO, succeeding Gary Swidler; Swidler remains President of Match Group.
- Bailey to receive $475,000 base salary, target annual cash bonus of 100% of base salary.
- Equity grants: $1,875,000 in RSUs (3-year vest) and $1,875,000 in performance-based RSUs (3-year cliff vest).
- Bailey's employment agreement has initial 1-year term with automatic renewal; severance includes salary continuation for 12 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-106687
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTCH
- cik: 0000891103
- company_name: Match Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465924106687/0001104659-24-106687-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465924106687/tm2425675d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-106687.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gary Swidler changed role as President at Match Group, Inc..
  - Action: continue
  - Role: President
  source text: Mr. Swidler will continue to serve as President of the Company following Mr. Bailey’s appointment as Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465924106687/0001104659-24-106687-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven Bailey was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Match Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Match Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Steven Bailey as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465924106687/0001104659-24-106687-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.