---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057131-24-000118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LZB"
cik: "0000057131"
company_name: "LA-Z-BOY INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T03:10:53.041334+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# La-Z-Boy CEO Melinda Whittington elected Chair; Michael Lawton returns to Lead Director

## Summary
- Melinda Whittington, President and CEO since 2021, elected Chair of the Board effective Dec 11, 2024.
- Michael Lawton, former Chair since May 2022, returns to independent Lead Director role.
- Board adopted amended and restated bylaws on Dec 10, 2024, updating procedural mechanics for shareholder nominations and proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057131-24-000118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LZB
- cik: 0000057131
- company_name: LA-Z-BOY INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713124000118/0000057131-24-000118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713124000118/lzb-20241210.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057131-24-000118
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057131-24-000118.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057131-24-000118.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  LA-Z-BOY INC: Amended and restated bylaws modifying procedural mechanics and disclosure requirements for shareholder nominations and proposals (effective 2024-12-10).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-12-10
  source text: On December 10, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of La-Z-Boy Incorporated (the “Company”) adopted amended and restated bylaws of the Company (the bylaws, as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57131/000005713124000118/0000057131-24-000118-index.htm

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