---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001040130-25-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PETS"
cik: "0001040130"
company_name: "PETMED EXPRESS INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T17:57:16.299165+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PetMed Express appoints Peter Batushansky to Board; Dr. Fulgoni to retire at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Peter Batushansky, former CEO of Allivet and current partner at L2 Capital Partners, joins board effective April 9, 2025.
- Batushansky will serve on Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee; board expands from 6 to 7 members.
- Dr. Gian Fulgoni, longtime board member and former Chairman, will retire when his term expires at the 2025 annual shareholders' meeting.
- This is the third independent director added since 2024; company highlights ongoing board refreshment and transformation strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001040130-25-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PETS
- cik: 0001040130
- company_name: PETMED EXPRESS INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040130/000104013025000016/0001040130-25-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040130/000104013025000016/pets-20250409.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001040130-25-000016
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001040130-25-000016.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001040130-25-000016.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8938f340e4
  claim: Peter Batushansky was appointed as Director at PETMED EXPRESS INC.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 9, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of PetMed Express, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Peter Batushansky to serve as a director of the Company beginning April 9, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040130/000104013025000016/0001040130-25-000016-index.htm
- claim_id: ab97da468c
  claim: Gian Fulgoni departed as Director at PETMED EXPRESS INC.
  evidence_excerpt: Dr. Gian Fulgoni, longtime Board member and former Chairman, has communicated his intention to retire from the Board when his term expires at the 2025 annual shareholders’ meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040130/000104013025000016/0001040130-25-000016-index.htm

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