# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001805651
**File Stem:** 0001628280-26-041660
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 6161
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001628280-26-041660.hdr.sgml**: 20260608

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-26-041660

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260604

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260608

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260608

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** MARKETWISE, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001805651
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 871767914
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39405
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261073438

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1125 N. CHARLES STREET
- **CITY:** BALTIMORE
- **STATE:** MD
- **ZIP:** 21201
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (888) 438-9694

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1125 N. CHARLES STREET
- **CITY:** BALTIMORE
- **STATE:** MD
- **ZIP:** 21201

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Ascendant Digital Acquisition Corp.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20200305

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**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): **June 4, 2026**

**MarketWise, Inc.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **001-39405** | **87-1767914** |
| (State or other jurisdiction<br>of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| **1125 N. Charles St.** | **1125 N. Charles St.** | **1125 N. Charles St.** |
| **Baltimore,** | **Maryland** | **21201** |
| (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) |

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(888) 261-2693

(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 is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** | **Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** | **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, $0.0001 par value per share** | **MKTW** | **The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC** |

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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. ☐

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**Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

On June 4, 2026, MarketWise, Inc. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The Company's stockholders voted at the Annual Meeting on the four proposals below that are described in detail in the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2026. The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders are set forth below.

**Proposal 1 - Election of Directors**

The stockholders elected Matthew Turner to serve as a Class II director until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, by the following votes:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Nominee** | **Votes For** | **Votes Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| Matthew Turner | 13,366,939 | 256,789 | 1,040,623 |

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**Proposal 2 - Say-on-Pay Proposal**

The stockholders did not approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, by the following votes:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Votes Abstained** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 6,117,351 | 7,476,751 | 29,626 | 1,040,623 |

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**Proposal 3 - Say-on-Frequency Proposal**

The stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, one year as the interval for future Say-on-Pay votes, by the following votes:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **One Year** | **Two Years** | **Three Years** | **Abstain** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 7,615,818 | 99,163 | 5,879,057 | 29,690 | 1,040,623 |

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**Proposal 4 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm**

The stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, by the following votes:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Votes Abstained** |
| 14,415,900 | 2,416 | 246,035 |

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**SIGNATURE**

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.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **MarketWise, Inc.** | **MarketWise, Inc.** |
| Date: June 8, 2026 | By: | /s/ Scott Forney |
|  | Name: | Scott Forney |
|  | Title: | General Counsel |

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