---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-014134"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKTW"
cik: "0001805651"
company_name: "MARKETWISE, INC."
filed_at: "2025-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T10:34:12.497992+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MarketWise stockholders approve 1-for-20 reverse stock split and authorized share reduction

## Summary
- Reverse stock split at 1-for-20 approved with ~99.7% of votes cast in favor.
- Authorized shares reduced: total from 1.35B to 162.5M; Class A from 950M to 47.5M; Class B from 300M to 15M.
- Board retains discretion on timing of implementation and may abandon the reverse split.
- Both proposals passed overwhelmingly; adjournment proposal approved but not needed.
- Special meeting held March 20, 2025; record date February 27, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-014134
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKTW
- cik: 0001805651
- company_name: MARKETWISE, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828025014134/0001628280-25-014134-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828025014134/mktw-20250320.htm

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