---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001370637-24-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETSY"
cik: "0001370637"
company_name: "ETSY INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T02:50:03.348868+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Etsy Board approves 2024 Inducement Plan reserving 1M shares for new-hire equity grants

## Summary
- Etsy, Inc. Board approved 2024 Inducement Plan on December 12, 2024.
- Plan reserves 1,000,000 shares of common stock for inducement awards to new employees.
- Awards may be stock options, SARs, restricted stock, or stock units, subject to Nasdaq rules.
- Grants must be approved by a majority of independent directors or compensation committee.
- Plan is effective immediately; terms align with Etsy's 2024 Equity Incentive Plan except eligibility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001370637-24-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETSY
- cik: 0001370637
- company_name: ETSY INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063724000062/0001370637-24-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063724000062/etsy-20241212.htm

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