---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-010189"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRT"
cik: "0001758021"
company_name: "Karat Packaging Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T13:05:35.923894+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Karat Packaging appoints Jian Guo as CFO effective Feb 1, 2022; Peter Lee to advise through March

## Summary
- Jian Guo appointed CFO; previously SVP & Corporate Controller at Resources Connection (RGP).
- Interim CFO Peter Lee will remain as advisor through March 31, 2022 for transition.
- CFO compensation: $350K base salary, 7,500 RSUs, 50,000 stock options, plus annual bonus.
- Severance: if terminated without cause, 6 months base salary and immediate equity vesting.
- No related party transactions between the company and Jian Guo.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-010189
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRT
- cik: 0001758021
- company_name: Karat Packaging Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000110465922010189/0001104659-22-010189-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000110465922010189/tm225004d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jian Guo was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Karat Packaging Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Jian Guo to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer), effective February 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000110465922010189/0001104659-22-010189-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter Lee changed role as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Karat Packaging Inc..
  - Action: term ended
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Peter Lee's term as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company ended on February 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000110465922010189/0001104659-22-010189-index.htm

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