---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001671933-26-000060"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TTD"
cik: "0001671933"
company_name: "Trade Desk, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-29T00:08:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T10:11:57.570237+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Samantha Jacobson becomes non-employee director; gets $50K cash + $290K equity grant

## Summary
- Board approved Jacobson's participation in non-employee director comp program on May 24, 2026.
- Annual cash retainer of $50,000; annual equity grant of $290,000 prorated from May 18, 2026.
- Equity vests at next annual meeting; may be received as RSUs, options, or mix.
- She resigned as officer/employee effective May 18, 2026 before transitioning to director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001671933-26-000060
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TTD
- cik: 0001671933
- company_name: Trade Desk, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-29T00:08:47+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/1671933/000167193326000060/0001671933-26-000060-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1671933/000167193326000060/ttd-20260524.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001671933-26-000060.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 4e372a13e6
  claim: Samantha Jacobson resigned as Officer and Employee (resigned) at Trade Desk, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: the effective date of Ms. Jacobson’s resignation as an officer and employee of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1671933/000167193326000060/0001671933-26-000060-index.htm
- claim_id: b0267f4f7a
  claim: Samantha Jacobson was appointed as Director at Trade Desk, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On May 24, 2026, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) approved Samantha Jacobson’s eligibility to participate in the Company’s non-employee director compensation program (the “Program”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1671933/000167193326000060/0001671933-26-000060-index.htm

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