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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057131-22-000061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LZB"
cik: "0000057131"
company_name: "LA-Z-BOY INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T13:41:01.951405+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# La-Z-Boy finalizes Newton, MS upholstery plant closure effective Sept 16; 180 jobs affected

## Summary
- Closure effective Sept. 16, 2022; facility accounts for <5% of La-Z-Boy branded upholstery production.
- Approximately 180 employees affected; ~235 employees in Newton internal supply remain.
- Originally announced for closure in June 2020 due to COVID; temporarily re-activated in Oct 2020.
- Company added capacity and rebalanced across >5M sq ft of North American manufacturing space.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057131-22-000061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LZB
- cik: 0000057131
- company_name: LA-Z-BOY INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713122000061/0000057131-22-000061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713122000061/lzb-20220718.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057131-22-000061
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057131-22-000061.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057131-22-000061.txt

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