---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000910521-21-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DECK"
cik: "0000910521"
company_name: "DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP"
filed_at: "2021-09-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T03:22:45.056854+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deckers Outdoor appoints David Burwick to board; Brian Spaly departs

## Summary
- Brian Spaly did not stand for reelection; David Burwick elected as director.
- Burwick is CEO of Boston Beer Co. (NYSE: SAM), previously led Peet's Coffee.
- Annual meeting: all 10 director nominees elected, KPMG ratified, say-on-pay approved.
- Board committees refreshed; Devine remains Chairman, committee chairs assigned.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000910521-21-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DECK
- cik: 0000910521
- company_name: DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP
- filed_at: 2021-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910521/000091052121000030/0000910521-21-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910521/000091052121000030/deck-20210915.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000910521-21-000030
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000910521-21-000030.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000910521-21-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David A. Burwick was elected as Director at DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 15, 2021, the Company announced the election of David A. Burwick to serve on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910521/000091052121000030/0000910521-21-000030-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brian A. Spaly departed as Director at DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP.
  - Action: decided not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Spaly decided not stand for reelection to the Board at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910521/000091052121000030/0000910521-21-000030-index.htm

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