---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-040671"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTCH"
cik: "0000891103"
company_name: "Match Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T04:31:52.861651+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Match Group adds Kelly Campbell to board, reaches pact with Anson Funds

## Summary
- Alan Spoon not standing for re-election at 2025 annual meeting; no disagreement with company.
- Kelly Campbell, former Peacock president, nominated to board effective 2025 annual meeting.
- Board size increased to 11; Darrell Cavens appointed to fill vacancy.
- Information sharing agreement with Anson Funds; activist withdraws director nominations.
- Anson Funds also withdrew proposal to declassify board; declassification vote still on agenda.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-040671
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTCH
- cik: 0000891103
- company_name: Match Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465925040671/0001104659-25-040671-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465925040671/tm2513319d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-040671
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-040671.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly Campbell was appointed as Director at Match Group, Inc..
  - Action: nominated for election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 28, 2025, the Board adopted a resolution nominating Kelly Campbell for election to the Board with a term that expires at the Company’s 2028 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465925040671/0001104659-25-040671-index.htm
- Executive change
  Darrell Cavens was appointed as Director at Match Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed to fill vacancy
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective as of the 2025 Annual Meeting, Mr. Cavens will be appointed to fill the vacancy resulting from this increase with a term expiring at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465925040671/0001104659-25-040671-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alan Spoon departed as Director at Match Group, Inc..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 28, 2025, Alan Spoon notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Match Group, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to not stand for re-election following the expiration of his current term, which will expire at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465925040671/0001104659-25-040671-index.htm

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