MIAMI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
For the period ended Jun 16, 2026. Filed Apr 27, 2026.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )
| Filed by the Registrant ☒ | |
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| Filed by a party other than the Registrant ☐ | |
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| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement |
| ☐ | Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |
| ☒ | Definitive Proxy Statement |
| ☐ | Definitive Additional Materials |
| ☐ | Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12 |
| Miami International Holdings, Inc. | |
| (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) | |
| Thomas P. Gallagher | |
| (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) | |
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Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
and Proxy Statement
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
April 27, 2026
Dear MIAX Stockholder:
We cordially invite you to attend the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual
Meeting”) of Miami International Holdings, Inc. to be held on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 8:00
a.m., Eastern Time, via live webinar.
The Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting of stockholders and there will
be no physical meeting location. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting, vote your shares
and submit questions during the meeting via live audio webcast by visiting
www. virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MIAX2026 and entering the 16-digit control number
included in your proxy materials or on your proxy card. The live audio webcast of the Annual
Meeting will also be available for listening by the general public. For further information on the
Annual Meeting logistics, see the section titled “Questions and Answers About the Proxy
Materials and our Annual Meeting.”
At the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to do the following:
- Elect 15 directors to our board of directors to hold office until the 2027 annual
meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected and
qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, or removal;
Approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to our named
Select, on a non-binding advisory basis, whether future advisory votes on the
compensation of our named executive officers should be held every one, two, or
three years;
- Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public
accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026; and
- Transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting and any
adjournments and postponements of the meeting.
Enclosed with this letter are the following: a formal notice of the Annual Meeting, a
proxy statement, and a form of proxy.
Please carefully review the form of proxy that you receive to confirm that it reflects all
of your shares of our common stock. If you hold common stock in different accounts, you may
need to complete multiple proxy cards to vote all of your shares.
Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting via live audio webcast, it is
important that your shares be represented and voted. Please submit your proxy by internet,
telephone, or complete, sign, date and return the enclosed proxy card using the enclosed postage-
paid envelope. The enclosed proxy card, when returned properly executed, will be voted in the
manner directed in the proxy.
We hope that you will participate in the Annual Meeting, either via live audio webcast or
by proxy.
Sincerely,
Thomas P. Gallagher
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
The 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Miami
International Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) will be held on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 8:00
a.m., Eastern Time, via live webinar.
The Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting of stockholders. You will be
able to attend the Annual Meeting, vote your shares and submit questions during the meeting via
live audio webcast by visiting www. virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MIAX2026 and entering the
16-digit control number included in your proxy materials or on your proxy card. Online check-in
to the Annual Meeting live audio webcast will begin at 7:45 a.m., Eastern Time, and you are
encouraged to allow ample time to log in to the meeting webcast and test your computer audio
system. There will be no physical meeting location. For further information on Annual Meeting
logistics, see the section titled “Questions and Answers About the Proxy Materials and our
Annual Meeting.”
The purpose of the Annual Meeting is to:
- Consider and act upon the election of 15 directors named in the proxy statement
(the “Proxy Statement”) to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”)
to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2027 Annual
Meeting”) or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, or
until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal;
- Consider and approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to
our named executive officers;
- Select, on a non-binding advisory basis, whether future advisory votes on the
compensation of our named executive officers should be held every one, two, or
three years;
- Consider and act upon the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP
(“KPMG”) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year
ending December 31, 2026; and
- Transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting and any
adjournments or postponements of the meeting.
You are entitled to vote online during the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or
postponements of the meeting if you were a stockholder of record at the close of business on
April 20, 2026. A list of stockholders of record will be open for examination by any stockholder
for any purpose germane to the Annual Meeting during ordinary business hours for a period of
ten days prior to the Annual Meeting at our principal executive offices at 7 Roszel Road, Suite
1A, Princeton, NJ 08540. The approximate date on which the Proxy Statement and the
accompanying form of proxy are first being sent to stockholders is April 27, 2026.
Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting,
please vote as soon as possible. For additional details, please see the information under
“How do I vote?” in the Proxy Statement.
| Internet Before the Meeting | Internet During the Meeting | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go to www.proxyvote.com | Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MIAX2026 | Call toll free 1-800-690-6903 | Complete, sign, date and return the enclosed proxy using the enclosed postage-paid envelope |
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Barbara J. Comly
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
FOR THE STOCKHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 16, 2026:
This notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement and our annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the“Annual Report on Form 10-K”) are available free of
charge on our investor relations website at http://ir.miaxglobal.com under the tab“SEC Filings”.
We are furnishing the Proxy Statement to you in connection with a solicitation of proxies by the
Board, for use at the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof.
TABLE OFCONTENTS
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| SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ........... | 3 |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE PROXY MATERIALS AND OUR ANNUAL MEETING ..................................................................................................... | 4 |
| PROPOSAL NO. 1:ELECTION OF DIRECTORS ...................................................................................... | 12 |
| Nominees for Director .......................................................................................... | 12 |
| Vote Required ....................................................................................................... | 13 |
| Board Composition ............................................................................................... | 13 |
| General.................................................................................................................. | 13 |
| Qualifications and Experience .............................................................................. | 13 |
| Director Nominees ................................................................................................ | 14 |
| BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE .......................... | 21 |
| Director Independence .......................................................................................... | 21 |
| Leadership Structure of the Board ........................................................................ | 21 |
| Board Attendance ................................................................................................. | 23 |
| Committees of the Board ...................................................................................... | 24 |
| Corporate Policies ................................................................................................. | 30 |
| Communications by Stockholders and Other Interested Parties with the Board .. | 33 |
| EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ............................................................................................. | 34 |
| PROPOSAL NO. 2:APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ........................... | 37 |
| Vote Required ....................................................................................................... | 37 |
| PROPOSAL NO. 3:APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, THE FREQUENCY OF FUTURE ADVISORY VOTES ON THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ............................................................................................. | 38 |
| Vote Required ....................................................................................................... | 38 |
| COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS ................................................. | 40 |
| DIRECTOR COMPENSATION .......................................................................... | 64 |
| Pay Versus Performance Table ............................................................................. | 69 |
| Equity Compensation Plan Information .............................................................. | 73 |
| REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ............................................. | 74 |
| PROPOSAL NO. 4:RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENTOF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM ................... | 75 |
| Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Services ................... | 75 |
| Vote Required ....................................................................................................... | 76 |
| REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ................................................................. | 77 |
| SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS, MANAGEMENT AND DIRECTORS .......................................................................... | 78 |
| Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports ......................................................................... | 82 |
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| CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS ........ | 83 |
| Transactions with Greater than 5% Holders (Current and Former) and Related Parties ....................................................................................................... | 83 |
| Transactions with Directors (Current and Former) and Related Parties .............. | 86 |
| Directed Share Program ........................................................................................ | 87 |
| Employment Arrangements with Immediate Family Members of Our Executive Officers and Directors ............................................................. | 88 |
| Limitation of Directors’ and Officers’ Liability and Indemnification ................. | 88 |
| Related Person Transaction Policy ....................................................................... | 89 |
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ................................................................................. | 91 |
| Additional Information ......................................................................................... | 91 |
| Householding of Annual Meeting Materials ........................................................ | 91 |
| Submitting Proxy Proposals and Director Nominations for the 2027 Annual Meeting ..................................................................................................... | 93 |
| APPENDIX - RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES TO GAAP MEASURES ................................................................................................. | 94 |
Except as otherwise indicated, the terms “MIAX,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our”
refer to Miami International Holdings, Inc., together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The
term “MIAX Exchanges” refers, collectively, to our Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) regulated exchanges, each a “MIAX Exchange”: Miami International Securities
Exchange, LLC (“MIAX Options”), MIAX Pearl, LLC (“MIAX Pearl”), the equities trading
facility of MIAX Pearl (“MIAX Pearl Equities”), MIAX Emerald, LLC (“MIAX Emerald”) and
MIAX Sapphire, LLC (“MIAX Sapphire”).
MIAX®, MIAX Options®, MIAX Pearl®, MIAX Emerald® and MIAX Sapphire® are
registered trademarks or service marks in the United States and certain other jurisdictions of
MIAX. MIAX Futures™ and TINI™ are currently pending.
This Proxy Statement contains references to our trademarks and service marks and to
those belonging to other entities. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to
herein, including logos, artwork, and other visual displays, may appear without the® or™
symbols, but in the case of our trademarks and trade names or those of our licensors, such
references are not intended to indicate in any way that we will not assert, to the fullest extent
under applicable law, our rights or the rights of the applicable licensor to these trademarks and
trade names. We do not intend our use or display of other entities’ trade names, trademarks, or
service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other
entity.
SPECIAL NOT
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