---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-114281"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKKT"
cik: "0001820302"
company_name: "Bakkt, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T05:25:38.065457+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bakkt appoints Jill Simeone and De'Ana Dow to its Board of Directors

## Summary
- Appointed Jill Simeone (Etsy's Chief Legal Officer) as Class I director and De'Ana Dow (Capitol Counsel partner) as Class III director, effective April 21, 2022.
- Both directors are independent under NYSE rules and will receive standard non-employee director compensation.
- Company entered indemnification agreements with each new director to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-114281
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKKT
- cik: 0001820302
- company_name: Bakkt, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820302/000119312522114281/0001193125-22-114281-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820302/000119312522114281/d285656d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-114281
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-114281.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-114281.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  De'Ana Dow was appointed as Class III director at Bakkt, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: On April 21, 2022, Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its board of directors (the “Board”), upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Jill Simeone and De’Ana Dow (the “New Directors”) to the Board, as a Class I director and a Class III director, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820302/000119312522114281/0001193125-22-114281-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jill Simeone was appointed as Class I director at Bakkt, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On April 21, 2022, Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its board of directors (the “Board”), upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Jill Simeone and De’Ana Dow (the “New Directors”) to the Board, as a Class I director and a Class III director, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820302/000119312522114281/0001193125-22-114281-index.htm

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