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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-23-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EBAY"
cik: "0001065088"
company_name: "EBAY INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T15:10:25.715312+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# eBay amends bylaws to clarify stockholder nomination rules and align with Delaware law

## Summary
- Board adopted bylaws amendments effective Jan 12, 2023, to enhance procedural mechanics for stockholder nominations.
- Requires nominating stockholders to fully comply with Rule 14a-19 and provide evidence five business days before the meeting.
- Directs that any proxy solicitations by stockholders use a proxy card color other than white.
- Updates bylaws to align with recent Delaware General Corporation Law changes on stockholder lists and meeting adjournment notices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-23-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EBAY
- cik: 0001065088
- company_name: EBAY INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065088/000155278123000014/0001552781-23-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065088/000155278123000014/e23005_ebay-8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000014
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  EBAY INC: Adopted amendments to bylaws to enhance stockholder nomination procedures, comply with Rule 14a-19, require non-white proxy cards, and align with recent Delaware General Corporation Law amendments (effective 2023-01-12).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-01-12
  source text: On January 12, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of eBay Inc. (the "Company") adopted amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), effective immediately, to: · clarify and further enhance procedural mechanics in connection with stockholder nominations of directors, including by requiring a stockholder delivering a nomination notice pursuant to the advance notice provisions of the Bylaws to (i) fully comply with Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (ii) deliver reasonable evidence that such stockholder has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) no later than five business days prior to the applicable stockholder meeting; · require that any stockholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other stockholders use a proxy card color other than white; and · update the Company’s requirements to align them with recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, including relating to (i) the availability
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065088/000155278123000014/0001552781-23-000014-index.htm

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