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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001326801-22-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "META"
cik: "0001326801"
company_name: "Meta Platforms, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-09-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T06:17:40.154730+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meta approves security services for Sheryl Sandberg from Oct 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

## Summary
- Former COO Sheryl Sandberg ceases employment Sept 30, 2022, remains on board as non-employee director.
- Board approves personal security services for Sandberg from Oct 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 under Director Compensation Policy.
- Security covers costs at residences and personal travel, including security personnel, due to continuing threats.
- Previously disclosed security program extended; Compensation, Nominating & Governance Committee recommended approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001326801-22-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: META
- cik: 0001326801
- company_name: Meta Platforms, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1326801/000132680122000094/0001326801-22-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680122000094/meta-20220926.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326801-22-000094.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sheryl Sandberg departed as Chief Operating Officer at Meta Platforms, Inc..
  - Action: ceased to serve as employee
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: As previously disclosed by Meta Platforms, Inc. (the "Company"), former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will no longer serve as an employee of the Company after September 30, 2022, but will continue to serve as a member of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") and will receive compensation as a non-employee director pursuant to the Company's Director Compensation Policy (the "Director Compensation Policy").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680122000094/0001326801-22-000094-index.htm

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