MarketAxess (MKTX) 8-K Richard Prager Elected to MarketAxess Board of Directors

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM8-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): July 16, 2019

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	001-34091	52-2230784
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

55 Hudson Yards

New York, New York 10001

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(212)813-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.003 per share	MKTX	NASDAQ Global Select Market

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 Rule12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934(§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company   ☐

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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

(d) Election of Directors

On July 16, 2019, the Board of Directors of MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) elected Richard Prager to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors, effective July 16, 2019. The Board of Directors determined that Mr. Prager is independent under applicable rules, including for purposes of service on the Compensation Committee. The Board of Directors appointed Mr. Prager as a member of the Company’s Risk Committee and Compensation Committee.

There were no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which Mr. Prager was elected as a director of the Company. There were no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transaction, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries was or is to be a participant, in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and in which Mr. Prager had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest.

Mr. Prager will receive the same compensation as othernon-employee directors of the Company as described in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2019.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On July 17, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Prager’s election, which is attached hereto as exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

The information included in this Current Report on Form8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto) that is furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In addition, the information included in this Current Report on Form8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto) that is furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference into such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits:

99.1 Press Release issued by MarketAxess Holdings Inc. on July 17, 2019.

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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.

	MARKETAXESS HOLDINGS INC.
Date: July 17, 2019	By:	/s/ Scott Pintoff
		Name:	Scott Pintoff
		Title:	General Counsel and Secretary

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