---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-128207"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YETI"
cik: "0001670592"
company_name: "YETI Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T09:08:53.940066+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# YETI appoints Elizabeth Axelrod and Robert Katz as independent directors

## Summary
- Board expanded to 8 members; Axelrod (Class I) and Katz (Class III) effective Dec 19, 2023.
- Axelrod former Global Head of Employee Experience at Airbnb; Katz former CEO of Vail Resorts.
- Both deemed independent; join Compensation and Nominating & Governance Committees from Feb 1, 2024.
- They receive standard non-employee director compensation, including pro-rated RSU grant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-128207
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YETI
- cik: 0001670592
- company_name: YETI Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670592/000110465923128207/0001104659-23-128207-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670592/000110465923128207/tm2333381d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-128207
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-128207.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-128207.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Katz was appointed as Class III Director at YETI Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of YETI Holdings, Inc. (“YETI”) increased the size of the Board to eight members and appointed Elizabeth Axelrod as a Class I director and Robert Katz as a Class III director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670592/000110465923128207/0001104659-23-128207-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Axelrod was appointed as Class I Director at YETI Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of YETI Holdings, Inc. (“YETI”) increased the size of the Board to eight members and appointed Elizabeth Axelrod as a Class I director and Robert Katz as a Class III director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670592/000110465923128207/0001104659-23-128207-index.htm

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