---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001370637-21-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETSY"
cik: "0001370637"
company_name: "ETSY INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:16:25.954917+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Etsy appoints C. Andrew Ballard to Board of Directors effective Sept 30, 2021

## Summary
- Ballard appointed as Class I director for term expiring at 2022 annual meeting.
- Compensated under Etsy's Amended and Restated Director Compensation Program for Non-Employee Directors (effective March 5, 2021).
- Etsy expects to enter into its standard indemnification agreement for directors with Ballard.
- No arrangements or understandings with any other person; no related party transactions requiring disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001370637-21-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETSY
- cik: 0001370637
- company_name: ETSY INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063721000059/0001370637-21-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063721000059/etsy-20210920.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001370637-21-000059
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001370637-21-000059.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001370637-21-000059.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  C. Andrew Ballard was appointed as Director at ETSY INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 20, 2021, C. Andrew Ballard was appointed to the Board of Directors of Etsy, Inc. ("Etsy") to serve as a Class I director (for a term expiring at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders), effective September 30, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063721000059/0001370637-21-000059-index.htm

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