Company: CDLX
Filing Date: 2025-05-20
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001666071-25-000089
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Company: Cardlytics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-20
Form: S-8
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### EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed for the purpose of registering 15,722,908 shares of common stock of Cardlytics, Inc. (the “Registrant”) to be issued pursuant to the Cardlytics, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2025 EIP”).

# PART I
<div align='center'>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</div>

The information called for by Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement and included in documents sent or given to participants in the 2025 EIP in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the instructions to Form S-8. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.

# PART II

### INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

## Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

a the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 12, 2025 ;

b the information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 from the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the Commission on April 3, 2025 , as amended on April 29, 2025 ;

c the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, which was filed with the Commission on May 7, 2025 ;

d the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 28, 2025 and May 20,