{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000929638-24-001432","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"FRPT","cik":"0001611647","company_name":"Freshpet, Inc.","filed_at":"2024-04-10T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:19.251248+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-04T00:24:47.035066+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.35,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.35,"confidence":"high","headline":"Freshpet board refreshed: Coben resigns, Kotcher appointed; Board now 12 directors","bullets":["Lawrence Coben resigned April 8, 2024; no disagreement with company.","Lauri Kien Kotcher appointed April 9, 2024 as Class II director, term to 2025 annual meeting.","Kotcher replaces Coben on Nominating and Governance Committee; granted 1,046 RSUs vesting in one year.","Kotcher brings CEO experience at quip, The Shade Store, Hello Products; Board now has 12 directors (11 independent).","Resignation part of ongoing board refreshment and diversity improvement, per filing."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-24-001432","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-24-001432.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-24-001432.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-24-001432.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963824001432/0000929638-24-001432-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963824001432/a8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-04T00:24:47.035066+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"5efa414d11","claim":"Lawrence S. Coben resigned as Director at Freshpet, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On April 8, 2024, Lawrence S. Coben, Ph.D., a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Freshpet, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Board of his resignation from the Board.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963824001432/0000929638-24-001432-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"fffd5db7ab","claim":"Lauri Kien Kotcher was elected as Director at Freshpet, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On April 9, 2024, Lauri Kien Kotcher was elected to the Board in the vacancy created by Dr. Coben’s departure as a Class II director with a term expiring at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963824001432/0000929638-24-001432-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"elected"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}