---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-249150"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FOUR"
cik: "0001794669"
company_name: "Shift4 Payments, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T09:37:44.197218+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shift4 Payments appoints Karen Roter Davis to board, replacing Andrew Frey

## Summary
- Andrew Frey resigned as Class I director and from Compensation Committee, effective Aug 16, 2021.
- Karen Roter Davis appointed to board as Class I director, term expiring at 2024 annual meeting.
- Davis appointed to Compensation Committee (replacing Frey) and Audit Committee (replacing Sarah Goldsmith-Grover).
- Eligible for standard director compensation: $50k annual cash retainer plus committee and equity awards.
- Received initial RSU award of $88,123; entered into indemnification agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-249150
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FOUR
- cik: 0001794669
- company_name: Shift4 Payments, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1794669/000119312521249150/0001193125-21-249150-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1794669/000119312521249150/d204540d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew Frey resigned as Class I director at Shift4 Payments, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: Andrew Frey tendered his resignation as a Class I director of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Shift4 Payments, Inc. (the “Company”), and stepped down from the Board and its Compensation Committee, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1794669/000119312521249150/0001193125-21-249150-index.htm
- Executive change
  Karen Roter Davis was appointed as Class I director at Shift4 Payments, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: the Board, upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Karen Roter Davis to the Board to fill the newly vacant seat, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1794669/000119312521249150/0001193125-21-249150-index.htm

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