---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-011278"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKDA"
cik: "0001469443"
company_name: "Arcadia Biosciences, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T03:53:37.374710+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arcadia Biosciences CEO Jacot appointed to board; shareholders re-elect directors, ratify auditor, approve executive pay

## Summary
- CEO Stanley E. Jacot, Jr. appointed as Class III director to fill vacancy from Matthew Plavan's Dec 2021 resignation.
- Annual meeting held June 1, 2022 with 54.40% of outstanding shares present.
- Albert Bolles and Kevin Comcowich elected as Class I directors with 5.5M and 6.1M votes for respectively.
- Deloitte & Touche LLP ratified as auditor for FY2022 with 11.9M votes for, 90k against.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved with 5.3M for, 1.3M against, 109k abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-011278
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKDA
- cik: 0001469443
- company_name: Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1469443/000095017022011278/0000950170-22-011278-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1469443/000095017022011278/rkda-20220601.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-011278
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-011278.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-011278.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stanley E. Jacot, Jr. was appointed as Class III Director at Arcadia Biosciences, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On June 2, 2022, Arcadia’s board of directors appointed Stanley E. Jacot, Jr., Arcadia’s current president and chief executive officer, to serve as a Class III director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1469443/000095017022011278/0000950170-22-011278-index.htm

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