---
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"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T00:24:47.035066+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freshpet board refreshed: Coben resigns, Kotcher appointed; Board now 12 directors

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- 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

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-24-001432
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-24-001432.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-24-001432.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lawrence S. Coben resigned as Director at Freshpet, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963824001432/0000929638-24-001432-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lauri Kien Kotcher was elected as Director at Freshpet, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963824001432/0000929638-24-001432-index.htm

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