Ibotta Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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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): May 19, 2026
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Principal Accounting Officer
Effective May 19, 2026, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Ibotta, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Jared Chomko, the Company's Senior Vice President of Accounting to resume serving as its Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Chomko will continue reporting to Matt Puckett, the Company's Chief Financial Officer who has been acting as Interim Principal Accounting Officer since October 13, 2025. In conjunction with Mr. Chomko assuming the role of Principal Accounting Officer, Mr. Puckett will step down as the Company’s Interim Principal Accounting Officer.
Mr. Chomko, 37, has served as the Company's Senior Vice President of Accounting since August 2025 and Vice President of Accounting from January 2024 to August 2025. Previously, he served as the Company's Controller from February 2021 to December 2023. Prior to Ibotta, Mr. Chomko was an Auditor at KPMG from 2012 to 2021. Mr. Chomko holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Master of Accountancy from Colorado State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
There are no changes to Mr. Chomko's compensation as a result of the appointment.
There are no family relationships between Mr. Chomko and any executive officer or director of the Company, and there are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Chomko and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Chomko was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Chomko has no transactions reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 19, 2026, the Company held its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”). As of the record date for the Meeting, which was established by the Board to be the close of business on March 23, 2026, there were 20,768,166 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, with a par value of $0.00001 per share (the “Class A common stock”), outstanding (each entitled to one vote per share), and 3,077,424 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, with a par value of $0.00001 per share (the “Class B common stock” and, together with the Class A common stock, the “common stock”), outstanding (each entitled to 20 votes per share). The common stock voted as a single class on all matters. Of the 23,845,590 shares of common stock outstanding as of the record date, 15,508,056 shares were represented at the Meeting or by proxy, together representing a total of 69,419,112 votes, or a majority of the voting power of all issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of the record date, and constituting a quorum under the Company’s amended and restated bylaws. The shareholders considered four proposals at the Meeting, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2026 (the "Proxy Statement"). The final number of votes cast for and against and the final number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each proposal voted upon are set forth below.
Proposal 1. The shareholders elected two Class II directors to hold office for a three-year term expiring at the 2029 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, by the following vote:
| Name | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Amit Doshi | 64,027,356 | 1,737,483 | 64,533 | 3,589,740 | ||||||||||
| Larry Sonsini | 65,521,774 | 243,105 | 64,493 | 3,589,740 | ||||||||||
Proposal 2. The shareholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 65,559,261 | 190,917 | 79,194 | 3,589,740 | ||||||||
Proposal 3. The shareholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, that the frequency of the vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers occur every one year, by the following vote:
| 1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| 65,739,126 | 17,307 | 9,169 | 63,770 | 3,589,740 | ||||||||||
In accordance with the recommendation of our Board and the voting results of our shareholders on this advisory (non-binding) proposal, the Company has determined that it will hold an advisory (non-binding) vote on the compensation of our named executive officers on an annual basis. The next required advisory (non-binding) vote on the frequency of approval of the compensation of our named executive officers will take place no later than the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2032.
Proposal 4. The shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 69,313,700 | 41,851 | 63,561 | 0 | ||||||||
No other items were presented for shareholder approval at the Meeting.
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.
| IBOTTA, INC. | |||||||||||||||||
| Date: | 5/22/2026 | By: | /s/ David T. Shapiro | ||||||||||||||
| David T. Shapiro | |||||||||||||||||
| Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | |||||||||||||||||