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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-040667"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LSF"
cik: "0001650696"
company_name: "Laird Superfood, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T22:28:20.375672+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Laird Superfood issues up to 1M shares to Shawn Ryan entity for brand ambassador role

## Summary
- Issued 100k RSUs (quarterly vest over four quarters) and 300k options at $1.00/share to KP River Birch LLC.
- Additional performance RSUs for up to 600k shares if stock price reaches $2-$7 thresholds.
- Shawn Ryan, former Navy SEAL and podcast host, joins as brand ambassador and shareholder.
- Partnership aims to amplify Laird Superfood's voice through powerful ambassadors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-040667
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LSF
- cik: 0001650696
- company_name: Laird Superfood, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650696/000095017023040667/0000950170-23-040667-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650696/000095017023040667/lsf-20230809.htm

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