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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On July 26, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WisdomTree, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed new chairs and members to all three committees of the Board. The newly constituted committees are as follows:
| • | Audit Committee: Harold Singleton III (Chair), Lynn S. Blake, Anthony Bossone and Daniela Mielke |
| • | Compensation Committee: Win Neuger (Chair), Lynn S. Blake, Anthony Bossone, Smita Conjeevaram and Shamla Naidoo |
| • | Nominating and Governance Committee: Smita Conjeevaram (Chair), Lynn S. Blake, Daniela Mielke, Tonia Pankopf and Harold Singleton III |
The Board has determined that each of the committee members is independent under Section 303A of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual (the “NYSE Manual”) and Rule 10A-3 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Board also has determined that each of the new members of the Audit Committee meet the definition of financially literate under Section 303A of the NYSE Manual and each of Lynn S. Blake, Anthony Bossone and Harold Singleton III is an audit committee financial expert as defined under Item 407 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.
Also on July 26, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing its newly constituted Board committees. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press release issued by WisdomTree, Inc. dated July 26, 2023 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
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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.
| WISDOMTREE, INC. | ||||||
| Date: July 26, 2023 | By: | /s/ Marci Frankenthaler | ||||
| Marci Frankenthaler | ||||||
| Chief Legal Officer | ||||||
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