---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-079686"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TKNO"
cik: "0001850902"
company_name: "Alpha Teknova, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T00:10:31.838719+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alpha Teknova board member Ted Davis retires; board size reduced to 8

## Summary
- Ted Davis retired from the Board on June 26, 2024, citing personal and professional interests.
- Board reduced from 9 to 8 directors; Class I directors cut from 3 to 2 effective June 28.
- Davis's departure not due to any disagreement with the Company or Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-079686
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TKNO
- cik: 0001850902
- company_name: Alpha Teknova, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1850902/000095017024079686/0000950170-24-079686-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1850902/000095017024079686/tkno-20240626.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-079686
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-079686.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-079686.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ted Davis retired as member of the Board of Directors at Alpha Teknova, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On June 26, 2024, Ted Davis, a member of the Board of Directors of Alpha Teknova, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention to retire from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1850902/000095017024079686/0000950170-24-079686-index.htm

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