Meta Platforms Inc.

10/09/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/09/2024 20:54

Amendments to Bylaws Form 8 K

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On September 5, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Meta Platforms, Inc. (the "Company") amended and restated the Company's bylaws (the "Amended and Restated Bylaws"), which became effective as of such date. The Amended and Restated Bylaws, among other things, enhance and clarify certain procedural and disclosure requirements related to shareholder nominations of directors and submissions of proposals regarding other business at annual or special meetings of shareholders, including with respect to the information about any such shareholders and their affiliates required to be disclosed to the Company, the number of nominees that shareholders may nominate for election, and certain other updates in light of the "universal proxy" rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 14a-19 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Amended and Restated Bylaws also include updates to matters related to meetings of shareholders, including who may preside over such meetings, and certain other technical, clarifying and conforming changes, including updates to conform to the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The foregoing summary of the Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated in this Item 5.03 by reference.