---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001084048-22-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZD"
cik: "0001084048"
company_name: "ZIFF DAVIS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T17:02:03.761318+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Richard Ressler will not stand for reelection at Ziff Davis 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Richard S. Ressler notified Ziff Davis on March 21, 2022, he will not stand for reelection as director.
- His current term expires at the 2022 Annual Meeting; no disagreement with company cited.
- Departure is not due to any operational or policy dispute with Ziff Davis.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001084048-22-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZD
- cik: 0001084048
- company_name: ZIFF DAVIS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000108404822000017/0001084048-22-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000108404822000017/jcom-20220321.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084048-22-000017
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084048-22-000017.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084048-22-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard S. Ressler departed as Director at ZIFF DAVIS, INC..
  - Action: notified intent not to stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 21, 2022, Mr. Richard S. Ressler notified Ziff Davis, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intent not to stand for reelection to the Board of Directors of the Company upon the expiration of his current term, which expires at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000108404822000017/0001084048-22-000017-index.htm

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