{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000950170-22-011748","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"ZVIA","cik":"0001854139","company_name":"Zevia PBC","filed_at":"2022-06-16T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:02.884557+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-25T01:24:03.418846+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Zevia CEO Paddy Spence steps down; President Amy Taylor to become CEO effective Aug 1, 2022","bullets":["Paddy Spence steps down as CEO effective Aug 1, 2022; remains Non-Executive Chair of the Board.","Amy Taylor, currently President and Board member, appointed CEO effective Aug 1, 2022; continues as President.","Taylor's new compensation: $600k base salary, target annual bonus 100% of base, $200k retention bonus, 463,745 stock options (half at market price, half at $7.50 premium).","Taylor's severance: 12-18 months of base plus target bonus on qualifying termination; enhanced change-in-control severance of 200% base plus target bonus.","Spence acquired Zevia in 2010; net sales grew at 31% CAGR to over 35 flavors and 31,000+ retail outlets."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-011748","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-011748.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-011748.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-011748.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000095017022011748/0000950170-22-011748-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000095017022011748/zvia-20220615.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-25T01:24:03.418846+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":"93ef5ab214","claim":"Amy Taylor was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Zevia PBC.","evidence_excerpt":"the Board appointed Amy Taylor, the Company's current President and a member of the Board, to serve as CEO, effective August 1, 2022","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000095017022011748/0000950170-22-011748-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Executive Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"f8f0a488e5","claim":"Padraic \"Paddy\" Spence departed as Chief Executive Officer at Zevia PBC.","evidence_excerpt":"announced that Padraic \"Paddy\" Spence, Chair of the Board of Directors (the \"Board\") and Chief Executive Officer (\"CEO\") of the Company, will step down as CEO effective August 1, 2022.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000095017022011748/0000950170-22-011748-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"step down"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Executive Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}