---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-024784"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKTW"
cik: "0001805651"
company_name: "MARKETWISE, INC."
filed_at: "2022-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T10:14:32.850088+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MarketWise director Elizabeth Burton resigns from board due to new employer policies

## Summary
- Elizabeth Burton, Class II Director and Audit Committee member, resigned effective Sept. 11, 2022.
- Resignation due to her new employer's policies regarding external board membership.
- Company states resignation was not due to any disagreement with MarketWise's operations or policies.
- Board thanks Burton for her service; no replacement announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-024784
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKTW
- cik: 0001805651
- company_name: MARKETWISE, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828022024784/0001628280-22-024784-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828022024784/mktw-20220911.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-024784
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-024784.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-024784.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Burton resigned as Class II Director and member of the Audit Committee at MARKETWISE, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class II Director and member of the Audit Committee
  source text: On September 11, 2022, Elizabeth Burton, a Class II Director and member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of MarketWise, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of her resignation from the Board because of her new employer’s policies regarding external board membership, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828022024784/0001628280-22-024784-index.htm

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