---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001779474-22-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MAPS"
cik: "0001779474"
company_name: "WM TECHNOLOGY, INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T23:39:31.584484+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WM Technology appoints Anthony Bay as independent Chairman, replacing acting chair Chris Beals

## Summary
- Anthony Bay appointed Chairman effective March 7, 2022; he is independent and will serve as Class I director until 2022 annual meeting.
- Bay receives one-time RSU grant valued at ~$400,000, vesting over three years under non-employee director compensation policy.
- Outgoing acting Chairman Chris Beals remains CEO and a board member; Bay brings experience from Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Techquity.
- Company cites commitment to 'best in class' corporate governance; Bay to oversee expansion into new legal cannabis markets and data monetization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001779474-22-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MAPS
- cik: 0001779474
- company_name: WM TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1779474/000177947422000013/0001779474-22-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1779474/000177947422000013/maps-20220307.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001779474-22-000013
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001779474-22-000013.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001779474-22-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anthony Bay was appointed as Chairman of the Board at WM TECHNOLOGY, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Effective on March 7, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Nominating Committee”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WM Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Mr. Anthony Bay was appointed to fill an existing vacancy on the Board, to serve as the Chairman of the Board and to serve on the Board as a Class I director until the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1779474/000177947422000013/0001779474-22-000013-index.htm

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