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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 November 28, 2023, Christoph Hansmeyer notified Forge Global Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to resign from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective December 8, 2023. Mr. Hansmeyer’s resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies, or practices.

On November 30, 2023, based upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, the Board appointed Eric Leupold as a Class II director, with his initial term expiring at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. In addition, the Board appointed Mr. Leupold to serve as a member of each of the Audit Committee and Risk Committee of the Board.

Mr. Leupold, age 43, has served as the Managing Director of the Cash Market division of Deutsche Börse AG since September 2021. He previously served in various other roles with Deutsche Börse AG for over 10 years, most recently as Head of Group Venture Portfolio Management from June 2019 to September 2021, Deputy Head of New Markets from August 2018 to May 2019, and Head of Pre-IPO and Capital Markets from April 2016 to August 2018. Mr. Leupold also served on the board of directors for Forge Global, Inc. from July 2021 until the closing of the Company’s business combination in March 2022. He received a degree in Economics and Informatics from the University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen in 2009.

Mr. Leupold’s compensation as a director will be consistent with the compensation policies applicable to the Company’s other non-employee directors. The Company will enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Mr. Leupold in connection with his appointment to the Board.

There are no related party transactions between the Company and Mr. Leupold (or any of his immediate family members) requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Leupold and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed a director of the Company, and there are no family relationships between Mr. Leupold and any director or executive officer of the Company.

A press release announcing Mr. Leupold’s appointment to the Board and acknowledging other recent Board changes is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference.


Exhibit Number			Description

99.1			Press Release, dated December 4 , 2023.
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

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Delaware	001-39794	98-1561111
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	Forge Global Holdings, Inc.

Date: December 4, 2023	By:	/s/ Kelly Rodriques
	Name:	Kelly Rodriques
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer


415 Mission St. Suite 5510 San Francisco, California (Address of principal executive offices)			94105 (Zip Code)