---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001666071-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDLX"
cik: "0001666071"
company_name: "Cardlytics, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T05:19:53.141398+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cardlytics appoints Andre Fernandez and Jon Francis to board; Balen and Adams resign as of Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Andre Fernandez (ex-WeWork CFO) and Jon Francis (GM Chief Data & Analytics Officer) join Cardlytics board effective Jan 1, 2024.
- John Balen (director since 2008) and David Adams (director since 2011) resigned Jan 1; no dispute cited.
- Jack Klinck named Chairperson of the Board; Scott Hill appointed Audit Committee Chair.
- New directors each receive 4,310 RSUs vesting on first anniversary and annual cash retainers ($30K + $20K for audit committee).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001666071-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDLX
- cik: 0001666071
- company_name: Cardlytics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666071/000166607124000006/0001666071-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666071/000166607124000006/cdlx-20231229.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001666071-24-000006
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001666071-24-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jon Francis was appointed as Director at Cardlytics, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 1, 2024, the Board appointed Jon Francis to serve as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666071/000166607124000006/0001666071-24-000006-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andre Fernandez was appointed as Director at Cardlytics, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 1, 2024, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Cardlytics, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Andre Fernandez to serve as a director of the Company and as a member of the audit committee of the Board (“Audit Committee”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666071/000166607124000006/0001666071-24-000006-index.htm

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