Company: MTCH
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000891103-25-000067
Chunk: 20

Company: Match Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 20
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the “Marketplace Rules”), the Board has a responsibility to make an affirmative determination that those members of the Board who serve as independent directors do not have any relationships that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. In connection with the independence determinations described below, the Board reviewed information regarding transactions, relationships and arrangements relevant to independence, including those required by the Marketplace Rules. This information is obtained from director responses to questionnaires circulated by management, as well as from Company records and publicly available information. Following these determinations, Match Group management monitors those transactions, relationships and arrangements that were relevant to such determinations, as well as periodically solicits updated information potentially relevant to independence from internal personnel and directors, to determine whether there have been any developments that could potentially have an adverse impact on the Board’s prior independence determinations.

In 2025, the Board determined that each of Mses. Brenner, Campbell, Jones, McDaniel and Seymon and Messrs. Bailey, Cavens, McInerney and Schiffman is independent. In addition, the Board determined that (i) Wendi Murdoch, whose term ended in June 2024, was independent during the time she served on the Board, (ii) Alan Spoon, whose term will end in connection with the Annual Meeting, was independent during the time he served on the Board, and (iii) Mr. Rascoff was independent during the time he served on the Board in 2024. In connection with these determinations, the Board considered that in some cases in the ordinary course of business, Match Group and its businesses purchase products and services from companies at which certain directors are employed or serve as directors, or over which certain directors otherwise exert control. Furthermore, the Board considered whether there were any payments made to (or received from) such entities by Match Group and its businesses. No relationships or payments considered were determined to be of the type that would (i) preclude a finding of director independence under the Marketplace Rules or (ii) otherwise interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of the director.

In addition to the satisfaction of the director independence requirements set forth in the Marketplace Rules, members of the Audit and Compensation and Human Resources Committees have also satisfied separate independence requirements under the current standards imposed by the SEC and the Marketplace Rules for audit committee and compensation committee members.

Director Nominations. The Nominating Committee identifies and evaluates individuals qualified to become members of the Match Group Board. The Nominating Committee