---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000105132-23-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WDFC"
cik: "0000105132"
company_name: "WD 40 CO"
filed_at: "2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T04:35:30.302653+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Melissa Claassen to resign from WD-40 board effective June 12, 2023

## Summary
- Melissa Claassen notified WD-40 of her resignation from the Board of Directors, effective June 12, 2023.
- Resignation is not due to any disagreement with the company's operations, policies, or practices.
- Board size will be reduced from 12 to 11 directors upon Ms. Claassen's departure.
- Claassen served on the Compensation and Finance Committees since joining the Board in 2015.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000105132-23-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WDFC
- cik: 0000105132
- company_name: WD 40 CO
- filed_at: 2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105132/000010513223000020/0000105132-23-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105132/000010513223000020/wdfc-20230426.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000105132-23-000020
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000105132-23-000020.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000105132-23-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Melissa Claassen resigned as Director at WD 40 CO.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 26, 2023, Melissa Claassen notified WD-40 Company (the “Company”) of her decision to resign from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective June 12, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105132/000010513223000020/0000105132-23-000020-index.htm

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