---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-015228"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKDA"
cik: "0001469443"
company_name: "Arcadia Biosciences, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T02:13:44.535218+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arcadia CMO resigns effective March 1; CEO/CFO get retention bonuses of $87.5K/$65K

## Summary
- Laura Pitlik resigned as CMO effective March 1, 2024; receives $62,500 severance.
- Board grants retention bonuses: CEO Stanley Jacot $87,500, CFO Thomas Schaefer $65,000.
- Bonuses vest at earlier of change in control or Dec 31, 2024, conditional on continued employment.
- Separation agreement includes release of claims and confidentiality provisions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-015228
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKDA
- cik: 0001469443
- company_name: Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1469443/000095017024015228/0000950170-24-015228-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1469443/000095017024015228/rkda-20240208.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-015228
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-015228.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-015228.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Laura Pitlik resigned as chief marketing officer at Arcadia Biosciences, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: chief marketing officer
  source text: On February 9, 2024, Laura Pitlik provided notice to Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (“Arcadia”) of her resignation as Arcadia’s chief marketing officer, effective as of March 1, 2023 (the “Separation Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1469443/000095017024015228/0000950170-24-015228-index.htm

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