---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001666071-22-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDLX"
cik: "0001666071"
company_name: "Cardlytics, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T00:26:47.331052+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kirk Somers resigns as Chief Legal & Privacy Officer; Nick Lynton succeeds effective July 15, 2022

## Summary
- Kirk Somers notified resignation as Chief Legal and Privacy Officer effective July 15, 2022.
- Nick Lynton, currently Assistant General Counsel, will assume role of Chief Legal and Privacy Officer.
- Somers to remain part-time as Of Counsel until December 31, 2023 under a Transition Agreement.
- Somers' salary and benefits continue through termination date; pro-rata bonus for 2022 subject to company performance and executive bonus payment.
- Compensation and benefits contingent on release execution and compliance with restrictive covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001666071-22-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDLX
- cik: 0001666071
- company_name: Cardlytics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666071/000166607122000081/0001666071-22-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666071/000166607122000081/cdlx-20220617.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kirk Somers resigned as Chief Legal and Privacy Officer at Cardlytics, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Legal and Privacy Officer
  source text: On June 17, 2022, Kirk Somers, Chief Legal and Privacy Officer of Cardlytics, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intent to resign from his full-time role at Cardlytics effective July 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666071/000166607122000081/0001666071-22-000081-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kirk Somers changed role as Of Counsel at Cardlytics, Inc..
  - Action: will continue
  - Role: Of Counsel
  source text: Mr. Somers will continue in a part-time capacity as Of Counsel until December 31, 2023 (the “Termination Date”), providing advice on legal and regulatory matters pursuant to a Transition Agreement, the terms of which are described below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666071/000166607122000081/0001666071-22-000081-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nick Lynton was appointed as Chief Legal and Privacy Officer at Cardlytics, Inc..
  - Action: will assume
  - Role: Chief Legal and Privacy Officer
  source text: Nick Lynton, currently the Company’s Assistant General Counsel, will assume Mr. Somers’ responsibilities and take over as the Company’s Chief Legal and Privacy Officer as of that date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666071/000166607122000081/0001666071-22-000081-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.