---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001370637-23-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETSY"
cik: "0001370637"
company_name: "ETSY INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:26:35.448670+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Etsy board authorizes $1B stock repurchase program replacing $600M plan

## Summary
- New June 2023 program allows repurchase of up to $1B of common stock with no time limit.
- Prior May 2022 program had ~$153M remaining; both programs now active.
- Repurchases may occur via open market or Rule 10b5-1 plans depending on market conditions.
- Annual meeting votes: all director nominees elected; say-on-pay and 1-year frequency approved; anti-harassment report proposal rejected.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001370637-23-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETSY
- cik: 0001370637
- company_name: ETSY INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063723000056/0001370637-23-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063723000056/etsy-20230614.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001370637-23-000056
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001370637-23-000056.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001370637-23-000056.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ETSY INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, that future advisory votes on the compensation of Etsy's named executive officers be held every one year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063723000056/0001370637-23-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ETSY INC shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Etsy’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063723000056/0001370637-23-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ETSY INC shareholders approved Election of Class II Directors at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Each of the Class II director nominees to the Board of Directors was elected to serve until Etsy's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or until he or she resigns, dies, or is removed from the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063723000056/0001370637-23-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ETSY INC shareholders rejected Advisory Vote on Stockholder Proposal Requesting Report on Harassment and Discrimination Prevention at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Stockholders did not approve the advisory stockholder proposal requesting a report on the effectiveness of Etsy's efforts to prevent harassment and discrimination.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063723000056/0001370637-23-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ETSY INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Etsy's named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063723000056/0001370637-23-000056-index.htm

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