8-K

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 9, 2023

Block, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-37622

80-0429876

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Not Applicable¹

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(415) 375-3176

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading
Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Class A Common Stock, $0.0000001 par value per share

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐	Emerging growth company

☐	If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act

¹	We do not designate a headquarters location as we have adopted a distributed work model.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 9, 2023, Sivan Whiteley, the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Block, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company of her intention to resign from her position, with her resignation effective as of February 16, 2023. Ms. Whiteley has worked at Block for nearly ten years and provided significant contributions to the Company during that time.

The Company’s current General Counsel, Chrysty Esperanza, will serve as the Interim Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective upon Ms. Whiteley’s resignation. Ms. Whiteley will continue to provide transition support and advisory services through April 7, 2023 without any changes to her compensation.

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.


BLOCK, INC.

By		/s/ Sivan Whiteley
		Sivan Whiteley
		Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Date: January 12, 2023

Block Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update