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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 8-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): April 26, 2005
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
| Delaware | 0-50670 | 52-2230784 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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140 Broadway, 42nd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 813-6000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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| Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers. | ||||||||
| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
On April 26, 2005, William Cronin informed MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) that he does not intend to stand for re-election to the Company’s board of directors when his current term ends at the Company’s 2005 annual meeting of stockholders, which is scheduled to be held on June 1, 2005. Accordingly, the board of directors resolved to reduce the size of the board of directors from nine members to eight members immediately prior to the annual meeting of stockholders.
Mr. Cronin has served as a director of the Company since February 2003. Mr. Cronin’s retirement from the board of directors did not involve any disagreement with the Company.
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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. |
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| Date: April 29, 2005 | By: | /s/Richard M. McVey | ||
| Name: | Richard M. McVey | |||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
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