EX-10.4





 Exhibit 10.4 

Marqeta, Inc. 
 2021
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN 
 The purpose of the Marqeta, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide
eligible employees of Marqeta, Inc. (the “Company”) and each Designated Subsidiary (as defined in Section 11) with opportunities to purchase shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“Common Stock”). 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate have been approved and reserved for this purpose, plus on January 1, 2022 and each January 1 thereafter until the Plan terminates pursuant to Section 20, the
number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be cumulatively increased by the lesser of (i) 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock, (ii) 1 percent of the number of shares of Class A and Class B
common stock of the Company issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, or (iii) such lesser number of shares of Common Stock as determined by the Administrator (as defined in Section 1). 

The Plan includes two components: a Code Section 423 Component (the “423 Component”) and a
non-Code Section 423 Component (the “Non-423 Component”). It is intended for the 423 Component to constitute an “employee stock purchase plan”
within the meaning of Section 423(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the 423 Component shall be interpreted in accordance with that intent. Under the Non-423
Component, which does not qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423(b) of the Code, options will be granted pursuant to rules, procedures or sub-plans
adopted by the Administrator designed to achieve tax, securities laws or other objectives for eligible employees. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Non-423 Component will operate and be administered in
the same manner as the 423 Component. 












 Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Plan shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in Section 11. 
 1. Administration. The Plan will be administered by the person or persons (the
“Administrator”) appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) for such purpose. The Administrator has authority at any time to: (i) adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for the
administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; (ii) interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan; (iii) make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan, including
to accommodate the specific requirements of applicable laws, regulations and procedures in jurisdictions outside the United States; (iv) decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; and (v) otherwise supervise the
administration of the Plan. All interpretations and decisions of the Administrator shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and the Participants. No member of the Board or individual exercising administrative authority with respect to
the Plan shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any option granted hereunder. 
 2.
Offerings. The Company may make one or more offerings to eligible employees to purchase Common Stock under the Plan (“Offerings”). Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the initial Offering will begin on the Registration
Date and will end on the last business day occurring on or before the following November 15 (the “Initial Offering”). Thereafter, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, an Offering will begin on the first business day
occurring on or after each November 16 and May 16 and will end on the last business day occurring on or before the following May 15 and November 15, respectively. The Administrator may, in its discretion, designate a different
period for any Offering, provided that no Offering shall exceed six months in duration or overlap with any other Offering. 












 3. Eligibility. All individuals classified as employees on the payroll records of the
Company and each Designated Subsidiary are eligible to participate in any one or more of the Offerings under the Plan, provided that, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator in advance of any Offering, as of the first day of the
applicable Offering (the “Offering Date”) they are customarily employed by the Company or a Designated Subsidiary for more than 20 hours a week. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, individuals who are not contemporaneously
classified as employees of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary for purposes of the Company’s or applicable Designated Subsidiary’s payroll system are not considered to be eligible employees of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary
and shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan. In the event any such individuals are reclassified as employees of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary for any purpose, including, without limitation, common law or statutory employees, by any
action of any third party, including, without limitation, any government agency, or as a result of any private lawsuit, action or administrative proceeding, such individuals shall, notwithstanding such reclassification, remain ineligible for
participation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exclusive means for individuals who are not contemporaneously classified as employees of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary on the Company’s or Designated Subsidiary’s payroll system to
become eligible to participate in this Plan is through an amendment to this Plan, duly executed by the Company, which specifically renders such individuals eligible to participate herein. 












 4. Participation. 

(a) Participants on Effective Date. Each eligible employee as of the Registration Date shall be deemed to be a Participant at such
time. If an eligible employee is deemed to be a Participant pursuant to this Section 4(a), such individual shall be deemed not to have authorized payroll deductions and shall not purchase any Common Stock hereunder unless he or she thereafter
authorizes payroll deductions by submitting an enrollment form (in the manner described in Section 4(c)) within 15 days of the commencement of the Initial Offering. If such a Participant does not authorize payroll deductions by submitting an
enrollment form by such deadline, that Participant will be deemed to have withdrawn from the Plan. 
 (b) Participants in Subsequent
Offerings. An eligible employee who is not a Participant in any prior Offering may participate in a subsequent Offering by submitting an enrollment form to his or her appropriate payroll location at least 15 business days before the Offering
Date (or by such other deadline as shall be established by the Administrator for the Offering). 
 (c) Enrollment. The enrollment
form will (a) state a whole percentage to be deducted from an eligible employee’s Compensation (as defined in Section 11) per pay period, (b) authorize the purchase of Common Stock in each Offering in accordance with the terms of
the Plan and (c) specify the exact name or names in which shares of Common Stock purchased for such individual are to be issued pursuant to Section 10. An employee who does not enroll in accordance with these procedures will be deemed to
have waived the right to participate. Unless a Participant files a new enrollment form or withdraws from the Plan, such Participant’s deductions and purchases will continue at the same percentage of Compensation for future Offerings, provided
he or she remains eligible. 












 (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, participation in the Plan will neither be permitted nor
be denied contrary to the requirements of the Code. 
 5. Employee Contributions. Each eligible employee may authorize payroll
deductions at a minimum of 1 percent up to a maximum of fifteen percent of such eligible employee’s Compensation for each pay period or such other maximum as may be specified by the Administrator in advance of an Offering. The Company will
maintain book accounts showing the amount of payroll deductions made by each Participant for each Offering. No interest will accrue or be paid on payroll deductions. 

6. Deduction Changes. Except in the event of a Participant increasing his or her payroll deduction from 0 percent during the
Initial Offering as specified in Section 4(a) or as may be determined by the Administrator in advance of an Offering, a Participant may not increase or decrease his or her payroll deduction during any Offering, but may increase or decrease his
or her payroll deduction with respect to the next Offering (subject to the limitations of Section 5) by filing a new enrollment form at least 15 business days before the next Offering Date (or by such other deadline as shall be established by
the Administrator for the Offering). The Administrator may, in advance of any Offering, establish rules permitting a Participant to increase, decrease or terminate his or her payroll deduction during an Offering. 

7. Withdrawal. A Participant may withdraw from participation in the Plan by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to his or her
appropriate payroll location. The Participant’s withdrawal will be effective on the fifth (5th) business day following the notice of withdrawal. Following a Participant’s withdrawal, the
Company will promptly refund such Participant’s entire account balance under the Plan to him or her (after payment for any Common Stock purchased before the effective date of withdrawal). Partial withdrawals are not permitted.













 
Such a Participant may not begin participation again during the remainder of the Offering, but may enroll in a subsequent Offering in accordance with Section 4, if the Participant remains an
eligible employee on the subsequent Offering Date. 
 8. Grant of Options. On each Offering Date, the Company will grant to each
eligible employee who is then a Participant in the Plan an option (“Option”) to purchase on the last day of such Offering (the “Exercise Date”), at the Option Price hereinafter provided for, the lowest of (a) a number of
shares of Common Stock determined by dividing such Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions on such Exercise Date by the Option Price (as defined herein), (b) 1,250 shares; or (c) such other lesser maximum number of shares as
shall have been established by the Administrator in advance of the Offering; provided, however, that such Option shall be subject to the limitations set forth below. Each Participant’s Option shall be exercisable only to the extent of such
Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions on the Exercise Date. The purchase price for each share purchased under each Option (the “Option Price”) will be 85 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Offering
Date or the Exercise Date, whichever is less. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Participant may be granted an Option hereunder if such
Participant, immediately after the Option was granted, would be treated as owning stock possessing 5 percent or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary (as defined in
Section 11). For purposes of the preceding sentence, the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining the stock ownership of a Participant, and all stock which the Participant has a contractual right to
purchase shall be treated as stock owned by the Participant. In addition, no Participant may be 












 
granted an Option which permits his or her rights to purchase stock under the Plan, and any other employee stock purchase plan of the Company and its Parents and Subsidiaries, to accrue at a rate
which exceeds $25,000 of the fair market value of such stock (determined on the option grant date or dates) for each calendar year in which the Option is outstanding at any time. The purpose of the limitation in the preceding sentence is to comply
with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and shall be applied taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted. 
 9.
Exercise of Option and Purchase of Shares. Each eligible employee who continues to be a Participant in the Plan on the Exercise Date shall be deemed to have exercised his or her Option on such date and shall acquire from the Company such
number of whole shares of Common Stock reserved for the purpose of the Plan as his or her accumulated payroll deductions on such date will purchase at the Option Price, subject to any other limitations contained in the Plan; provided that, with
respect to the Initial Offering, the exercise of each Option shall be conditioned on the closing of the Company’s Initial Public Offering on or before the Exercise Date. Any amount remaining in a Participant’s account at the end of an
Offering solely by reason of the inability to purchase a fractional share will be carried forward to the next Offering; any other balance remaining in a Participant’s account at the end of an Offering will be refunded to the Participant
promptly. 
 10. Issuance of Certificates. Certificates representing shares of Common Stock purchased under the Plan may be issued
only in the name of the employee, in the name of the employee and another person of legal age as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, or in the name of a broker authorized by the employee to be his, her or their, nominee for such purpose. 












 11. Definitions. 

The term “Compensation” means the amount of base pay, but excluding overtime, commissions, incentive or bonus awards, prior to
salary reduction pursuant to Sections 125, 132(f) or 401(k) of the Code allowances and reimbursements for expenses such as relocation allowances or travel expenses, income or gains on the exercise of Company stock options, and similar items.
The Administrator shall have the discretion to determine the application of this definition to Participants outside the United States. 

The term “Designated Subsidiary” means any present or future Subsidiary (as defined below) that has been designated by the Board to
participate in the Plan. The Board may so designate any Subsidiary, or revoke any such designation, at any time and from time to time, either before or after the Plan is approved by the stockholders, and may further designate such companies or
Participants as participating in the 423 Component or the Non-423 Component. The Board may also determine which Affiliates or eligible employees may be excluded from participation in the Plan, to the extent
consistent with Section 423 of the Code or as implemented under the Non-423 Component, and determine which Designated Subsidiary or Subsidiaries will participate in separate Offerings (to the extent that
the Company makes separate Offerings). For purposes of the 423 Component, only the Company and its Subsidiaries may be Designated Subsidiaries; provided, however, that at any given time, a Subsidiary that is a Designated Subsidiary under the 423
Component will not be a Designated Subsidiary under the Non-423 Component. The current list of Designated Subsidiaries is attached hereto as Appendix A. 












 The term “Fair Market Value of the Common Stock” on any given date means the fair
market value of the Common Stock determined in good faith by the Administrator; provided, however, that if the Common Stock is admitted to quotation on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”),
NASDAQ Global Market or another national securities exchange, the determination shall be made by reference to the closing price on such date. If there is no closing price for such date, the determination shall be made by reference to the last date
preceding such date for which there is a closing price. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the date for which Fair Market Value of the Common Stock is determined is the first day when trading prices for the Common Stock are reported on NASDAQ or
another national securities exchange, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be the “Price to the Public” (or equivalent) set forth on the cover page for the final prospectus relating to the Company’s Initial Public Offering.

 The term “Initial Public Offering” means the first underwritten, firm commitment public offering pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the offer and sale by the Company of its Common Stock. 
 The
term “Parent” means a “parent corporation” with respect to the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code. 

The term “Participant” means an individual who is eligible as determined in Section 3 and who has complied with the provisions
of Section 4. 
 The term “Registration Date” means the date the registration statement on Form S-1 that is filed by the Company with respect to its Initial Public Offering is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

The term “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation” with respect to the Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of
the Code. 












 12. Rights on Termination or Transfer of Employment. If a Participant’s
employment terminates for any reason before the Exercise Date for any Offering, no payroll deduction will be taken from any pay due and owing to the Participant and the balance in the Participant’s account will be paid to such Participant or,
in the case of such Participant’s death, to his or her designated beneficiary as if such Participant had withdrawn from the Plan under Section 7. An employee will be deemed to have terminated employment, for this purpose, if the
corporation that employs him or her, having been a Designated Subsidiary, ceases to be a Subsidiary, or if the employee is transferred to any corporation other than the Company or a Designated Subsidiary. Unless otherwise determined by the
Administrator, a Participant whose employment transfers between, or whose employment terminates with an immediate rehire (with no break in service) by, Designated Subsidiaries or a Designated Subsidiary and the Company will not be treated as having
terminated employment for purposes of participating in the Plan or an Offering; provided, however, that if a Participant transfers from an Offering under the 423 Component to an Offering under the Non-423
Component, the exercise of the Participant’s Option will be qualified under the 423 Component only to the extent that such exercise complies with Section 423 of the Code. If a Participant transfers from an Offering under the Non-423 Component to an Offering under the 423 Component, the exercise of the Participant’s Option will remain non-qualified under the
Non-423 Component. Further, an employee will not be deemed to have terminated employment for this purpose, if the employee is on an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness or for any other
purpose approved by the Company, if the employee’s right to reemployment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise provides in
writing. 












 13. Special Rules. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrator
may adopt special rules applicable to the employees of a particular Designated Subsidiary, whenever the Administrator determines that such rules are necessary or appropriate for the implementation of the Plan in a jurisdiction where such Designated
Subsidiary has employees; provided that such rules are consistent with the requirements of Section 423(b) of the Code. Any special rules established pursuant to this Section 13 shall, to the extent possible, result in the employees subject
to such rules having substantially the same rights as other Participants in the Plan. 
 14. Optionees Not Stockholders. Neither the
granting of an Option to a Participant nor the deductions from his or her pay shall constitute such Participant a holder of the shares of Common Stock covered by an Option under the Plan until such shares have been purchased by and issued to him or
her. 
 15. Rights Not Transferable. Rights under the Plan are not transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution, and are exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant. 
 16. Application of
Funds. All funds received or held by the Company under the Plan may be combined with other corporate funds and may be used for any corporate purpose. 

17. Adjustment in Case of Changes Affecting Common Stock. In the event of a subdivision of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the
payment of a dividend in Common Stock or any other change affecting the Common Stock, the number of shares approved for the Plan and the share limitation set forth in Section 8 shall be equitably or proportionately adjusted to give proper
effect to such event. 
 18. Amendment of the Plan. The Board may at any time and from time to time amend the Plan in any respect,
except that without the approval within 12 months of such Board action by the stockholders, no amendment shall be made increasing the number of shares approved for the 423 Component of the Plan or making any other change that would require
stockholder approval in order for the Plan, as amended, to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423(b) of the Code. 












 19. Insufficient Shares. If the total number of shares of Common Stock that would
otherwise be purchased on any Exercise Date plus the number of shares purchased under previous Offerings under the Plan exceeds the maximum number of shares issuable under the Plan, the shares then available shall be apportioned among Participants
in proportion to the amount of payroll deductions accumulated on behalf of each Participant that would otherwise be used to purchase Common Stock on such Exercise Date. 

20. Termination of the Plan. The Plan may be terminated at any time by the Board. Upon termination of the Plan, all amounts in the
accounts of Participants shall be promptly refunded. The Plan shall automatically terminate on the ten year anniversary of the Registration Date. 

21. Governmental Regulations. The Company’s obligation to sell and deliver Common Stock under the Plan is subject to obtaining all
governmental approvals required in connection with the authorization, issuance, or sale of such stock. 
 22. Governing Law. This
Plan and all Options and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as to matters within the scope thereof, and as to all other matters shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California applied without regard to conflict of law principles. 
 23.
Issuance of Shares. Shares may be issued upon exercise of an Option from authorized but unissued Common Stock, from shares held in the treasury of the Company, or from any other proper source. 












 24. Tax Withholding. Participation in the Plan is subject to any minimum required tax
withholding on income of the Participant in connection with the Plan. Each Participant agrees, by entering the Plan, that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to
the Participant, including shares issuable under the Plan. 
 25. Notification Upon Sale of Shares under the 423 Component. Each
Participant agrees, by entering the 423 Component of the Plan, to give the Company prompt notice of any disposition of shares purchased under the Plan where such disposition occurs within two years after the date of grant of the Option pursuant to
which such shares were purchased or within one year after the date such shares were purchased. 
 26. Effective Date and Approval of
Shareholders. The Plan shall take effect on the date immediately preceding the Registration Date, subject to approval by the holders of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present or by written consent
of the stockholders. 
 Adopted by the Board of Directors: May 21, 2021 

Approved by the Stockholders: May 28, 2021 












 APPENDIX A 

Designated Subsidiaries 
 MARQETA
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