---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001326801-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "META"
cik: "0001326801"
company_name: "Meta Platforms, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T21:46:50.989062+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sheryl Sandberg not seeking re-election to Meta board at 2024 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- On January 16, 2024, Sheryl Sandberg notified Meta she will not stand for re-election to the Board.
- Her decision applies to the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
- She will continue serving as director until the date of the Annual Meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001326801-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: META
- cik: 0001326801
- company_name: Meta Platforms, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680124000003/0001326801-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680124000003/meta-20240116.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326801-24-000003
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326801-24-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sheryl Sandberg departed as Director at Meta Platforms, Inc..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 16, 2024, Sheryl Sandberg notified Meta Platforms, Inc. (the “Company”) that she has decided not to stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680124000003/0001326801-24-000003-index.htm

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