Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 8, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of 23andMe Holding Co. (the "Company") appointed Dr. Sandra R. Hernández as a director of the Company, effective immediately. Dr. Hernández will serve on the Board until the Company's 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board affirmatively determined that Dr. Hernández is independent under the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the listing rules of The Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Dr. Hernández will participate in all non-employee director compensation and benefit programs in which the Company's other non-employee directors participate pursuant to the Company's Outside Director Compensation Policy, including an initial award of restricted stock units with a target fair value of $350,000 in connection with her appointment to the Board and an annual equity grant of restricted stock units with a fair market value of $175,000, as of the date of appointment to the Board.

There are no related party transactions involving Dr. Hernández and the Company.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of the Company's press release regarding the matters described above has been furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this report furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, 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. It may only be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if such subsequent filing specifically references the information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of this report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit



99.1          23andMe Holding Co. Press Release, dated November 9, 2021
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