---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-034068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZVIA"
cik: "0001854139"
company_name: "Zevia PBC"
filed_at: "2023-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T04:29:59.981962+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zevia COO Quincy Troupe to depart Aug. 4, 2023; severance $196,500

## Summary
- COO Quincy B. Troupe to step down and separate from employment effective August 4, 2023.
- Separation agreement provides $196,500 severance paid in equal installments over six months.
- COBRA premium partial reimbursement for up to six months for Troupe and dependents.
- Acceleration of vesting on 18,285 restricted stock units upon separation.
- No replacement named; Troupe remains bound by existing confidentiality covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-034068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZVIA
- cik: 0001854139
- company_name: Zevia PBC
- filed_at: 2023-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000095017023034068/0000950170-23-034068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000095017023034068/zvia-20230721.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-034068
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-034068.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-034068.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Quincy B. Troupe departed as Chief Operating Officer at Zevia PBC.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Mr. Quincy B. Troupe, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, mutually agreed to terms pursuant to which Mr. Troupe will step down as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and separate from employment effective as of August 4, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000095017023034068/0000950170-23-034068-index.htm

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