---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057131-21-000130"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LZB"
cik: "0000057131"
company_name: "LA-Z-BOY INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T18:11:45.947905+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# La-Z-Boy elects Erika Alexander to Board of Directors effective Oct 25, 2021

## Summary
- Erika Alexander, Chief Global Officer of Global Operations at Marriott International, appointed to Board as independent director.
- Board expands to 12 members; Alexander will serve until 2022 annual meeting and join one or more committees.
- Receives standard non-employee director compensation prorated plus RSU grant of $89,000 under 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
- CEO Whittington cites Alexander's 32-year Marriott tenure and operational expertise as valuable for Century Vision growth strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057131-21-000130
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LZB
- cik: 0000057131
- company_name: LA-Z-BOY INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713121000130/0000057131-21-000130-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713121000130/lzb-20211026.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057131-21-000130
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057131-21-000130.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057131-21-000130.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Erika L. Alexander was elected as Director at LA-Z-BOY INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 25, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of La-Z-Boy Incorporated (the “Company”) elected Erika L. Alexander to the Board for a term that will expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713121000130/0000057131-21-000130-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.