---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-001452"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TCMD"
cik: "0001027838"
company_name: "TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:27:38.635689+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tactile Medical appoints Valerie Asbury and D. Brent Shafer to board; three directors to retire at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Valerie Asbury (CEO of LifeScan) and D. Brent Shafer (ex-Cerner CEO) join board effective Jan 5, 2022.
- Asbury appointed to Audit and Compliance & Reimbursement Committees; Shafer to Audit, Compensation & Organization, and Nominating & Governance Committees.
- Directors Richard Nigon, Kevin Roche, and Peter Soderberg will not stand for re-election at the 2022 annual meeting but serve until term ends.
- Each new director receives prorated RSU grant of $130,000 value, vesting on earlier of one year or 2022 annual meeting.
- Cash retainers: $50,000 annual board retainer plus committee fees ($5,000-$10,000 per committee).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-001452
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TCMD
- cik: 0001027838
- company_name: TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1027838/000110465922001452/0001104659-22-001452-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1027838/000110465922001452/tm221377d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-001452.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Soderberg departed as Director at TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also on January 5, 2022, current directors Richard Nigon, Kevin Roche and Peter Soderberg notified the board that they would not be standing for re-election at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1027838/000110465922001452/0001104659-22-001452-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Nigon departed as Director at TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also on January 5, 2022, current directors Richard Nigon, Kevin Roche and Peter Soderberg notified the board that they would not be standing for re-election at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1027838/000110465922001452/0001104659-22-001452-index.htm
- Executive change
  D. Brent Shafer was elected as Director at TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 5, 2022, the board of directors of Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Valerie L. Asbury and D. Brent Shafer to serve as members of the board and fixed the size of the board at 10 directors, all effective as of January 5, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1027838/000110465922001452/0001104659-22-001452-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin Roche departed as Director at TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also on January 5, 2022, current directors Richard Nigon, Kevin Roche and Peter Soderberg notified the board that they would not be standing for re-election at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1027838/000110465922001452/0001104659-22-001452-index.htm
- Executive change
  Valerie L. Asbury was elected as Director at TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 5, 2022, the board of directors of Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Valerie L. Asbury and D. Brent Shafer to serve as members of the board and fixed the size of the board at 10 directors, all effective as of January 5, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1027838/000110465922001452/0001104659-22-001452-index.htm

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