---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-114716"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLCE"
cik: "0001041859"
company_name: "Childrens Place, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-08T20:30:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:26:46.627288+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Children's Place appoints Elizabeth A. LaPuma to board and Audit Committee

## Summary
- Elizabeth A. LaPuma appointed to The Children’s Place board and Audit Committee effective October 2, 2026; term runs until later of Jan 31, 2027 and a restructuring/recapitalization deal.
- LaPuma is independent and qualifies as an SEC/Nasdaq audit committee financial expert; she has 25+ years experience and chairs Ionic Digital Inc.’s board and audit committee.
- Under a letter agreement with Claritas Advisors LLC, LaPuma receives $13,500 upfront, $45,000 monthly, and a guaranteed minimum of $193,500, unless she resigns or is terminated for cause.
- She gets $5,000 per day for more than four hours outside Board meetings, capped at $50,000 monthly; expenses reimbursed up to $50,000, plus D&O insurance and indemnification.
- LaPuma previously served as a director of Big Lots, ContextLogic, Ebix, WeWork, and Surgalign Holdings, and held roles at UBS, Alvarez & Marsal, BlackRock, and Lazard.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-114716
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLCE
- cik: 0001041859
- company_name: Childrens Place, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-08T20:30:31+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465926114716/0001104659-26-114716-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465926114716/tm2627267d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-114716
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-114716.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-114716.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth A. LaPuma was appointed as member of the Company’s board of directors and its Audit Committee at Childrens Place, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Company’s board of directors and its Audit Committee
  source text: On October 2, 2026, The Children’s Place, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Elizabeth A. LaPuma as a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) and its Audit Commitee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465926114716/0001104659-26-114716-index.htm

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