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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929638-24-003440"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRPT"
cik: "0001611647"
company_name: "Freshpet, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T20:15:36.994220+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freshpet stockholders approve 2024 Equity Plan authorizing 1.45M shares

## Summary
- Stockholders approved Freshpet 2024 Equity Incentive Plan at annual meeting on Oct 1, 2024.
- Plan replaces the Prior Plan; authorizes up to 1,450,000 shares of common stock for new grants.
- All four director nominees elected: Biegger, Brewster, Kelley, McLevish; Say-on-Pay approved.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2024; broker non-votes for director election were 2.86M.
- 2025 annual meeting set for June 24, 2025; stockholder proposal deadlines provided.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929638-24-003440
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRPT
- cik: 0001611647
- company_name: Freshpet, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 5.08, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963824003440/0000929638-24-003440-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963824003440/a8k.htm

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