Block, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2026

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SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b51(c). See Instruction 10.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person[*]

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Block, Inc. [ XYZ ] (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title Other (specify below) below)

BOTHA ROELOF

(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/02/2026 C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD SUITE 101 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) (Street) MENLO PARK CA 94025 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5- 1(c). See Instruction 10.	for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5- 1(c). See Instruction 10.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BOTHA ROELOF (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD SUITE 101 (Street) MENLO PARK CA 94025 (City) (State) (Zip)		2. Issuer NameandTicker or Trading Symbol Block, Inc. [ XYZ]						5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
		3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/02/2026
		4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)						6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	01/02/2026		A		307 (1)	A	$ 0	36,707	D
Class A Common Stock								1,862	I	Sequoia Capital U.S. Growth Fund IV, L.P. (2)
Class A Common Stock								77	I	Sequoia Capital USGF Principals Fund IV, L.P. (2)
Class A Common Stock								684,741	I	By estate planning vehicle
Class A Common Stock								11,388	I	Sequoia Capital U.S. Venture Fund XV, L.P. (3)
Class A Common Stock								479	I	Sequoia Capital U.S. Venture Partners Fund XV (Q), L.P. (3)
Class A Common Stock								171	I	Sequoia Capital U.S. Venture Partners Fund XV, L.P. (3)
Class A Common Stock								1,750	I	Sequoia Capital U.S.

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Table I -	Table I -	Table I -	Table I -	Non-Derivative Securities	Non-Derivative Securities	Non-Derivative Securities	Non-Derivative Securities	Non-Derivative Securities	Acquired,	Acquired,	Acquired,	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)				2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)		2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)			3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)			4. Securities Disposed O and 5)		Acquired (A) or f (D) (Instr. 3, 4				5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)			6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)		7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
									Code		V	Amount		(A) or (D)		Price
																							Venture XV Principals Fund, L.P. (3)
Class A Common Stock																		540,646			I		Sequoia Capital US/E Expansion Fund I, L.P. (4)
Class A Common Stock																		434,405			I		SC US/E ExpansionFund I Management, L.P. (4)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)		4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)			5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)					7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)				8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)		11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
					Code		V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable			Expiration Date		Title		Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each share is represented by a restricted stock unit (RSU). Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock upon settlement. The RSUs were issued pursuant to the Issuer's Outside Director Compensation Policy, and 100% of the RSUs were vested as of the date of grant.

2. The Reporting Person is a director and stockholder of SC US (TTGP), Ltd. SC US (TTGP), Ltd. is the general partner of SCGF IV Management,L.P., which is the general partner of Sequoia Capital U.S. Growth Fund IV, L.P. and Sequoia Capital USGF Principals Fund IV, L.P., or collectively, the SC GFIV Funds. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the SC GFIV Funds except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purposes.

3. The Reporting Person is a director and stockholder of SC US (TTGP), Ltd. SC US (TTGP), Ltd. is the general partner of SC U.S. Venture XV Management, L.P., which is the general partner of Sequoia Capital U.S. Venture Fund XV, L.P., Sequoia Capital U.S. Venture Partners Fund XV (Q), L.P., Sequoia Capital U.S. Venture Partners Fund XV, L.P. and Sequoia Capital U.S. Venture XV Principals Fund, L.P., or collectively, the SC USV XV Funds. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the SC USV XV Funds except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purposes.

4. The Reporting Person is a director and stockholder of SC US (TTGP), Ltd. SC US (TTGP), Ltd. is the general partner of SC US/E Expansion Fund I Management, L.P., which is the general partner of Sequoia Capital US/E Expansion Fund I, L.P., or collectively, the SC EXPI Funds. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the SC EXPI Funds except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purposes.

Remarks:

s/ Susan Szotek, Attorney-in- act * Signature of Reporting Person
	01/06/2026
	Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Tait Svenson, Shahzia Rahman, Lori Giardina, Susan Szotek, Tyler Owens and Jerry Ponce, and each of them, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: 1. prepare, execute in the undersigned’s and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain or update passphrase, codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any rule or regulation of the SEC; 2. complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in the undersigned’s discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned’s ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of Block, Inc. (the “Company”); 3. do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the SEC, any securities exchange or national association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorneys-in-fact shall deem appropriate; 4. Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agentsshall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended). This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this ___ day of ___ 2025. Signature: Print Name: Roelof Botha Docusign Envelope ID: ED2523DF-27EE-4523-9256-7AF31234C90A 31st October

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