{"url_path":"/sec/miax/8-k/2026-04-27/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-04-27","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438472/0001628280-26-027311-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-027311","cik":"0001438472","ticker":"MIAX","issuer_name":"MIAMI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438472/0001628280-26-027311-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001438472","primary_entity_name":"MIAMI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC."},"word_count":327,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.\n\nOn April 23, 2026, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Miami International Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), upon recommendation from the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, elected Eric Sites as a director to the Board to fill an existing vacancy, effective as of April 24, 2026, until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Mr. Sites has not been appointed to serve on any committees of the Board.\n\nMr. Sites will be compensated in the same manner as the Company’s other non-employee directors. Mr. Sites has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. There are no transactions and no proposed transactions between Mr. Sites and the Company that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Sites and any other persons pursuant to which he was elected as a director.\n\nMr. Sites has entered into an indemnification agreement with the Company, a form of which was filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 18, 2025. Pursuant to the terms of this agreement, the Company may be required, among other things, to indemnify Mr. Sites for some expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by him in any action or proceeding arising out of his service as a director of the Company.\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\nDate: April 27, 2026\n\nMiami International Holdings, Inc.\n\nBy: /s/ Thomas P. Gallagher\nThomas P. Gallagher\n\nChairman and Chief Executive Officer"}