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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001834494-25-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001834494"
company_name: "MeridianLink, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T00:23:58.797041+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MeridianLink Q1 rev $81.5M (+5% YoY); CEO Vlok to step down Oct 1, succeeded by President Katz

## Summary
- Q1 revenue $81.5M up 5% YoY; lending software revenue $67.1M up 10% YoY.
- Net loss $(4.7)M; adjusted EBITDA $34.8M (43% of rev); operating cash flow $42.4M (52% of rev).
- FY2025 guidance unchanged: revenue $326-334M, adjusted EBITDA $131.5-137.5M.
- CEO Nicolaas Vlok resigns effective Oct 1, 2025; President Larry Katz named successor; Vlok remains on board.
- Incoming CEO Katz gets $600k base, 100% target bonus, $1.25M RSU grant; Vlok receives retention RSUs and transition benefits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001834494-25-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001834494
- company_name: MeridianLink, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 5.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000183449425000045/0001834494-25-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000183449425000045/mlnk-20250509.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Laurence E. Katz was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at MeridianLink, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Laurence E. Katz, the current President of the Company, was appointed by the Board to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President on May 9, 2025, effective as of the Transition Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000183449425000045/0001834494-25-000045-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nicolaas Vlok resigned as Chief Executive Officer at MeridianLink, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Nicolaas Vlok notified the Company of his decision to resign from his role as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective as of October 1, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000183449425000045/0001834494-25-000045-index.htm

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