---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-21-024237"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TPB"
cik: "0001290677"
company_name: "Turning Point Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T05:38:31.614732+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Turning Point Brands appoints Yavor Efremov to Board; expands to 9 directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 8 to 9 directors; Yavor Efremov appointed effective July 9, 2021.
- Efremov will serve on the Audit Committee; compensated per standard non-employee director program.
- Background: former CEO of Motorsport Network, SVP at Liberty Media, M&A lawyer, Yale Law J.D. and Ph.D. in Economics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-21-024237
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TPB
- cik: 0001290677
- company_name: Turning Point Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290677/000114036121024237/0001140361-21-024237-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290677/000114036121024237/brhc10026814_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-024237
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-024237.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-024237.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Yavor Efremov was appointed as Director at Turning Point Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 9, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Turning Point Brands, Inc. (the “Company”), determined, upon the recommendation of its Nominating and ESG Committee to increase the size of the Board from eight to nine directors, and has appointed Yavor Efremov to fill the vacant board position, effective July 9, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290677/000114036121024237/0001140361-21-024237-index.htm

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