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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-159126"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FOUR"
cik: "0001794669"
company_name: "Shift4 Payments, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T05:06:27.765190+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shift4 Payments designates James Whalen as principal accounting officer; annual meeting results

## Summary
- James J. Whalen designated principal accounting officer; he has served as CAO since August 2023.
- At annual meeting, 88.16% of shares present; shareholders re-elected Karen Roter Davis and Jared Isaacman.
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for FY2024 passed with 302.6M votes for, 1.7M against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 290.9M votes for, 6.8M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-159126
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FOUR
- cik: 0001794669
- company_name: Shift4 Payments, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1794669/000119312524159126/0001193125-24-159126-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1794669/000119312524159126/d644307d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-159126.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James J. Whalen was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at Shift4 Payments, Inc..
  - Action: designated
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On June 10, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Shift4 Payments, Inc. (the “ Company ”) designated James J. Whalen, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer (the “ CAO ”), as the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective as of June 7, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1794669/000119312524159126/0001193125-24-159126-index.htm

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