secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Mastercard Inc (MA)
CIK:        0001141391
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001141391-21-000172
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Mastercard Executive Chairman Ajay Banga to retire Dec 31, 2021; Merit Janow named Chair
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- Ajay Banga, 61, will retire as Executive Chairman effective December 31, 2021.
- Board unanimously elected Merit Janow as non-executive Independent Chair effective January 1, 2022.
- Transition was announced in February 2020 as part of planned succession following CEO Michael Miebach's appointment.
- Janow joined the Board in 2014 and previously served as Lead Independent Director and Chair of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000114139121000172/0001141391-21-000172-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000114139121000172/ma-20210921.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001141391-21-000172

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