Opening its proxy statement…Reading the pay tables…Finding what shareholders vote on…
MTCHMatch Group, Inc.
Pay and votes (proxy statement)
Before its yearly shareholder meeting, a company sends out a proxy statement, filed with the SEC as a DEF 14A. It says what shareholders will vote on, who sits on the board, and how the top managers are paid, set against how the shares did. Here are the key parts of Match Group's latest one. Open the full statement.
The yearly meeting
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Shareholders meet on Jun 16, 2026 to vote. Anyone who owns shares on the record date can vote, usually online, even without attending.
Audit firm put forward for approval: Ernst & Young LLP
Proxy statement filed Apr 30, 2026.
The boss's pay next to a typical employee's
The chief executive was paid about 224× what the employee in the exact middle of the company's pay scale earned (the CEO pay ratio).
Each square is one typical employee's yearly pay; together they add up to the chief executive's. The red square is one employee for scale. Ratios vary a lot between industries: a company with many part-time or overseas workers has a lower middle wage.
“Rascoff to the median of the annual total compensation of our other employees was 224 to 1.”
What shareholders vote on
- 1Election of DirectorsShareholders vote on who sits on the board, the people who oversee the managers on their behalf.
- 2Advisory Vote to ApproveA matter the board asks shareholders to vote on.
- 3Approval of the SecondA matter the board asks shareholders to vote on.
- 4Ratification of AppointmentShareholders confirm the outside firm that checks the accounts.
Titles as written in the statement. The board's recommendation is shown only where candor found it clearly stated.
Pay next to how the shares did
Since 2022, companies must show their bosses' pay next to how shareholders did. Two pay figures are given: the pay the board set for the year (from the summary pay table), and “compensation actually paid”, which re-values share awards at today's share price, so it rises and falls with the stock and can even be negative. Tap a year.
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Pay set for the year Actually paid (re-valued) Negative: share awards lost value
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Match Group A group of similar companies it picked
Year to Dec 31, 2025 · chief executive: Bernard Kim
Pay set for the chief executive: $57.6M
Actually paid, re-valued: $38.6M
Other top managers, on average: $5.5M
$100 in its shares became: $22 (similar companies: $264)
Profit (net income): –
The measure it ties pay to (Adjusted EBITDA Margin): 35.0%
Read straight from the tagged “pay versus performance” table in the proxy statement. The $100 figures assume $100 was invested at the start of the first year shown, with dividends reinvested.