Grindr Inc. filings document the formal disclosures of a Delaware public company operating the Grindr social networking app. Recent Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual financial results, shareholder letters, guidance updates, share repurchase authorization changes, and material agreements involving the company's credit facilities and operating subsidiaries.
Proxy and governance filings cover annual meeting matters, director elections, auditor ratification, equity-plan proposals, shareholder nomination deadlines, board appointments, executive officer transitions, and agreements with significant stockholders. The filing record also documents capital-structure matters such as warrants, debt facilities, and common stock repurchase programs, along with legal, regulatory, and labor-related cost disclosures tied to Grindr's operations.
Grindr Inc. is asking stockholders to vote at a virtual annual meeting on June 2, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Holders of 177,218,700 common shares as of April 9, 2026 may attend and vote online at the specified webcast link.
Stockholders will elect eight directors, including three new nominees, and vote on ratifying Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for 2026. They will also consider an amendment and restatement of the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, which adds shares for future grants and is tied to a 2.25 million-share refresh RSU award for CEO George Arison. Advisory votes on executive compensation and on how frequently future say‑on‑pay votes should occur are also on the agenda.
G. Raymond Zage III and affiliated entities update their beneficial ownership disclosure for Grindr Inc. The filing reports that Tiga Investments Eighty-Eight Pte Ltd and Tiga Investments Pte. Ltd. each beneficially own 85,926,333 shares of Grindr common stock, or about 46.4% of the outstanding shares, while Big Timber Holdings, LLC owns 1,385,507 shares, or about 0.7%.
In total, Mr. Zage is deemed to beneficially own 95,425,123 shares, representing approximately 51.5% of Grindr’s outstanding common stock, based on 185,147,713 shares outstanding. Tiga 88 has pledged 85,926,333 shares as collateral under a loan, and the remaining shares held by the reporting persons are in margin or similar arrangements.
The amendment also discloses that, in connection with litigation, Mr. Zage submitted an affidavit on May 15, 2025, confirming he will refrain from voting Grindr shares above roughly 44.9% of the company’s voting power, unless he provides the court and plaintiff 30 days’ written notice.
Grindr Inc. CEO George Arison reported a tax-related share disposition. On the settlement of restricted stock units that vested on April 14, 2026, the issuer withheld 190,800 shares of common stock at $12.64 per share to satisfy his tax withholding obligations.
These shares were not sold in the open market but retained by the company for taxes. After this withholding, Arison directly holds 1,545,268 common shares and has additional indirect holdings of 22,500 shares in The George Arison 2024 GRAT and 150,000 shares in The George Arison 2026 GRAT.
Grindr Inc. CEO George Arison reported a tax-related share withholding. On April 6, 2026, the company withheld 109,972 shares of common stock at $12.17 per share to cover his tax obligations on vested restricted stock units that settled on March 12, 2026.
After this withholding, Arison holds 1,736,068 shares directly. He also has indirect holdings of 22,500 shares in The George Arison 2024 GRAT and 150,000 shares in The George Arison 2026 GRAT, reflecting prior transfers to these grantor retained annuity trusts.
Grindr Inc. CLO and Head of Global Affairs Zachary Katz reported a tax-related share withholding. On the settlement of restricted stock units that vested on March 12, 2026, the company withheld 10,050 shares of common stock at $12.17 per share to cover his tax obligations.
This was a non-market transaction classified as a tax-withholding disposition, not an open-market sale, and followed routine RSU vesting. After the withholding, Katz directly held 749,094 shares of Grindr common stock.
Grindr Inc. Chief Financial Officer John F. North reported a tax-related share withholding linked to vested equity awards. On March 12, 2026, 18,002 performance-based restricted stock units vested and settled, and the company withheld 4,385 common shares at $12.17 per share to cover his tax obligations. This was not an open-market sale, but a payment of tax liability by delivering securities. Following the withholding, he directly holds 743,617 shares of Grindr common stock.
Grindr Inc. Chief Product Officer Austin J. Balance reported a tax-related share disposition tied to vested equity. On settlement of restricted stock units that vested on March 12, 2026, the company withheld 13,355 shares of common stock to cover his tax withholding obligations rather than issuing those shares.
Following this tax-withholding event, Balance directly holds 931,852 shares of Grindr common stock. This reflects a routine compensation and tax-settlement mechanism rather than an open-market purchase or sale.
Grindr Inc. director Nathan Richardson reported an open-market sale of 1,500 shares of Common Stock at $12.17 per share. After this transaction, he directly holds 9,833 shares. The filing notes the sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, indicating it was scheduled in advance.
Grindr Inc. shareholder Jeremy Leonard Brest reports owning 11,706,404 shares of common stock, representing 6.3% of Grindr’s outstanding shares. This percentage is based on 185,147,713 shares of common stock reported outstanding in Grindr’s Form 10-K filed on March 2, 2026.
Brest has sole voting and dispositive power over all 11,706,404 shares. He has pledged 10,206,404 of these shares as collateral for market standard margin loans from financial institutions, while retaining voting and dispositive power unless a loan default occurs.
Grindr Inc. Chief Financial Officer receives performance-based share award. On March 12, 2026, CFO John F. North acquired 18,003 shares of Grindr common stock at no cost through the vesting and settlement of performance-based restricted stock units granted under the company’s Amended and Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.
The compensation committee certified that key performance indicators were achieved in excess of pre-set targets, triggering immediate vesting of these 18,003 PSUs upon issuance. Following this award, North directly holds 748,003 shares of Grindr common stock, reflecting routine equity compensation tied to company performance goals.