---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000074046-22-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ODC"
cik: "0000074046"
company_name: "Oil-Dri Corp of America"
filed_at: "2022-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T13:50:42.448756+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Oil-Dri appoints Christopher B. Lamson as Group VP of Retail and Wholesale effective Jan 31, 2022

## Summary
- Lamson will oversee domestic/Canadian consumer products, industrial, sports turf, and co-packaging with Clorox.
- Previously senior VP at Central Garden & Pet; earlier 18 years at Clorox in senior leadership roles.
- All current general managers within R&W Products Group will report directly to Lamson.
- Lamson holds a bachelor's degree in finance from St. Mary's College of California.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000074046-22-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ODC
- cik: 0000074046
- company_name: Oil-Dri Corp of America
- filed_at: 2022-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000007404622000005/0000074046-22-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000007404622000005/odc-20220131.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074046-22-000005
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074046-22-000005.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074046-22-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher B. Lamson was appointed as Group Vice President of Retail and Wholesale at Oil-Dri Corp of America.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Group Vice President of Retail and Wholesale
  source text: On January 31, 2022, Oil-Dri Corporation of America (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Christopher B. Lamson as Group Vice President of Retail and Wholesale.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000007404622000005/0000074046-22-000005-index.htm

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