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accession: "0001159167-24-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001159167"
company_name: "IROBOT CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T09:04:15.039970+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# iRobot annual meeting: equity plan approved, governance amendments fail, CEO appointed to board

## Summary
- Stockholders approved amendment to 2018 plan increasing authorized shares from 3.395M to 4.295M.
- Charter amendments to eliminate supermajority voting, declassify board, and call special meetings each failed to get required 75% vote.
- Say-on-pay approved; PwC ratified as independent auditor for FY2024.
- CEO Gary S. Cohen appointed as Class I director effective May 23, 2024, receiving no additional compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001159167-24-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001159167
- company_name: IROBOT CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159167/000115916724000044/0001159167-24-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159167/000115916724000044/irbt-20240523.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001159167-24-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001159167-24-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001159167-24-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gary S. Cohen was appointed as Class I Director at IROBOT CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: On May 23, 2024, following the Annual Meeting, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Gary S. Cohen as a Class I director to the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159167/000115916724000044/0001159167-24-000044-index.htm

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