---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLFD"
cik: "0000796505"
company_name: "Clearfield, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T11:46:05.466808+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Patrick Goepel to leave Clearfield board at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Patrick F. Goepel notified Clearfield on Dec 30, 2024 he will not stand for re-election at the 2025 annual meeting.
- His departure is not due to any disagreement with the company's operations or policies.
- Goepel currently serves on Audit and Compensation Committees; board term ends at the 2025 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLFD
- cik: 0000796505
- company_name: Clearfield, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796505/000117184325000050/0001171843-25-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796505/000117184325000050/f8k_010625.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-000050
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-000050.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick F. Goepel departed as Director at Clearfield, Inc..
  - Action: not to stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 30, 2024, Patrick F. Goepel, a director of Clearfield, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his decision not to stand for re-election to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796505/000117184325000050/0001171843-25-000050-index.htm

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