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On March 25, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Green Dot Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Robert Millard to serve as a member of the Board and as a member of the Risk Committee and Audit Committee of the Board, effective immediately.

In connection with his service as a director, Mr. Millard will receive the Company’s standard non-employee director cash and equity compensation. Mr. Millard will receive a pro rata portion of the $70,000 annual retainer for his service. Mr. Millard will also be eligible to receive an annual grant of restricted stock units under the Company’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan with a grant date value equal to $125,000 at the next annual meeting of stockholders.

In connection with his appointment, Mr. Millard entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement for its directors, which requires the Company to, among other things, indemnify its directors against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service. The agreement also requires the Company to advance all expenses incurred by directors in investigating or defending any action, suit or proceeding. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of indemnification agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 10.01 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-165081) filed on June 29, 2010 and is incorporated by reference herein.

There are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which Mr. Millard was appointed as a member of the Board and Mr. Millard does not have any transactions reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Millard has served as a director of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Green Dot Bank, since 2017 and will continue to serve on the Green Dot Bank Board of Directors.

A copy of the press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Millard as a member of the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K under this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

    (d) Exhibits.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 26, 2024