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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929638-24-001371"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRPT"
cik: "0001611647"
company_name: "Freshpet, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T02:19:18.771207+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freshpet appoints Nishu Patel as Chief Accounting Officer, effective April 1

## Summary
- Patel had been VP, Corporate Controller since June 2023; now promoted to CAO.
- Prior to Freshpet, she spent 11+ years at Ernst & Young, most recently as Senior Manager.
- No family relationships with any director or executive officer; no 404(a) transactions.
- Appointment date: April 1, 2024; reported on Form 8-K dated April 4, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929638-24-001371
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRPT
- cik: 0001611647
- company_name: Freshpet, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963824001371/0000929638-24-001371-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963824001371/a8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-24-001371.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nishu Patel was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Freshpet, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On April 1, 2024, Nishu Patel, who had been serving as Vice President, Corporate Controller of Freshpet, Inc. (the “Company”) since joining the Company in June 2023, was appointed the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963824001371/0000929638-24-001371-index.htm

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