FOUR Shift4 Payments Inc

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 7, 2024

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

SHIFT4 PAYMENTS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

3501 Corporate Parkway

Center Valley, Pennsylvania 18034

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(888) 276-2108

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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On June 10, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Shift4 Payments, Inc. (the “Company”) designated James J. Whalen, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer (the “CAO”), as the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective as of June 7, 2024.

Mr. Whalen, 43, has served as the Company’s CAO since August 2023. Mr. Whalen previously served as the Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Commvault Systems, Inc. (“Commvault”) from March 2019 to August 2023. From February 2016 to March 2019, Mr. Whalen served as the Corporate Controller of Commvault. Mr. Whalen began his career with Deloitte & Touche LLP in its audit practice. Mr. Whalen obtained his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Rutgers University and his master’s degree in professional accounting from Seton Hall University.

Mr. Whalen will be eligible to continue participating in the Company’s broad-based employee benefits programs, and Mr. Whalen will also enter into the Company’s standard indemnification agreement for directors and officers.

There is no family relationship between either of Mr. Whalen and any of the Company’s other directors or executive officers. Mr. Whalen has no material interest in any transaction that is required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

On June 7, 2024, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”). A total of 76,129,730 shares of the Company’s Class A, Class B, and Class C common stock (collectively, “Common Stock”) were present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting, representing approximately 88.16% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock as of the April 17, 2024 record date.

The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Meeting, each of which were described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2024. The results were as follows:

Item 1 - Election of two Class I director nominees to the Board for a term of office expiring on the date of the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.

Item 2 - Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024.

Item 3 - Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

Based on the foregoing votes, each of Karen Roter Davis and Jared Isaacman were elected as a Class I director, Item 2 was approved and Item 3 was approved. No other items were presented for shareholder approval at the Meeting.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.