---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001522540-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MQ"
cik: "0001522540"
company_name: "Marqeta, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T17:59:46.627431+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Marqeta shareholders elect four Class II directors, ratify EY as auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All four director nominees (Najuma Atkinson, Martha Cummings, Judson Linville, Helen Riley) elected with at least 692M votes for.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2023: 878.4M for, 0.96M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 634.8M for, 109.6M against, 134.7M broker non-votes.
- Stockholders voted for an annual advisory vote on executive compensation (740.5M votes for 1-year frequency).
- Board expects to hold annual say-on-pay votes; next required advisory frequency vote no later than 2029 meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001522540-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MQ
- cik: 0001522540
- company_name: Marqeta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000152254023000026/0001522540-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000152254023000026/mq-20230622.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001522540-23-000026
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001522540-23-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Marqeta, Inc. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Holders of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock voted to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000152254023000026/0001522540-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Marqeta, Inc. shareholders approved Election of four Class II director nominees to hold office until the 2026 annual meeting at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Holders of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock voted to elect the four Class II director nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors, each to hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2026 and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000152254023000026/0001522540-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Marqeta, Inc. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Holders of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock voted, on a non-binding advisory basis, to hold an annual non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, which was consistent with the recommendation of the Board of Directors included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000152254023000026/0001522540-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Marqeta, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Holders of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock voted to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000152254023000026/0001522540-23-000026-index.htm

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