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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 13, 2019
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Mastercard Incorporated   
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware   
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-32877
(Commission
File Number)
13-4172551   
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
   
2000 Purchase Street
Purchase, New York
   
(Address of principal executive offices)
10577   
(Zip Code)
(914) 249-2000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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.
    
On February 13, 2019, Mastercard Incorporated (the “Registrant”) was notified that effective April 1, 2019 (the “Effective Date”), Martina Hund-Mejean intends to retire as Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant and Mastercard International Incorporated (“Mastercard International” and, together with the Registrant, the “Company”). Ms. Hund-Mejean will receive the benefits contemplated pursuant to her existing employment arrangement with the Company, which was previously disclosed.

The Registrant has decided that, as of the Effective Date, the Company will appoint Sachin Mehra, the Company’s current Chief Financial Operations Officer, to succeed Ms. Hund-Mejean as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He will remain a member of the Company’s Management Committee.

Mr. Mehra, age 48, joined the Company in June 2010 as group executive and treasurer. Prior to his current role, Mr. Mehra led commercial products and solutions at the Company, and previously served as Executive Vice President and Business Financial Officer for the Company’s North America region. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Mehra held treasury and finance roles of increasing responsibility at the Hess Corporation, General Motors and GMAC in New York, Singapore, Belgium and Shanghai.

In connection with his appointment, starting on the Effective Date, Mr. Mehra will receive a base salary of $600,000, and will be eligible to participate in the Company’s employee compensation and benefit plans and programs as may be generally made available to other Company employees at his level (including the Amended and Restated Mastercard International Executive Severance Plan and Amended and Restated Mastercard International Change-in-Control Severance Plan). Mr. Mehra will be eligible to earn a cash incentive award under the Company’s Senior Executive Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (SEAICP), with a performance target of 100% of his base salary. Mr. Mehra will also receive a Long-Term Incentive Award under the Company’s 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, in the amount of $2,000,000 (awarded as performance stock units in the amount of $1,000,000 and stock options in the amount of $1,000,000).

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Mehra and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Mehra was appointed. There are no family relationships, as defined in Item 401 of Regulation S-K, between Mr. Mehra and any of the Company’s executive officers or directors or persons nominated or chosen to become a director or executive officer. Mr. Mehra has not engaged in any transaction with the Company during the last fiscal year, and he does not propose to engage in any transaction, that would be reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

The Company’s press release regarding Ms. Hund-Mejean’s retirement and Mr. Mehra’s appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.


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Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
 
 
 
Exhibit Number
Exhibit Description
99.1



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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.

 
 
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED
 
 
 
 
Date:
February 13, 2019
By:
 
/s/ Janet McGinness
 
 
 
 
Janet McGinness
 
 
 
 
Corporate Secretary




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