---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-21-001402"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JAKK"
cik: "0001009829"
company_name: "JAKKS PACIFIC INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T00:15:48.529217+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jakks Pacific: Series A Preferred holders remove director Andrew Axelrod, appoint Lori MacPherson

## Summary
- Andrew Axelrod removed as Series A Preferred Director and from Compensation and Nominating & Governance Committees.
- Lori MacPherson elected as Series A Preferred Director and appointed to same committees effective September 27, 2021.
- MacPherson's compensation will match other non-employee directors; no material transactions disclosed.
- Removal and appointment driven by holders of >50% of Series A Preferred Stock.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-21-001402
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JAKK
- cik: 0001009829
- company_name: JAKKS PACIFIC INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1009829/000118518521001402/0001185185-21-001402-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1009829/000118518521001402/jakkspacif20210929_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-21-001402
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-21-001402.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-21-001402.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew Axelrod was removed as Series A Preferred Director at JAKKS PACIFIC INC.
  - Action: removed
  - Role: Series A Preferred Director
  source text: removed Andrew Axelrod as a Series A Preferred Director and member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1009829/000118518521001402/0001185185-21-001402-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lori MacPherson was elected as Series A Preferred Director at JAKKS PACIFIC INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Series A Preferred Director
  source text: nominated Lori MacPherson as a Series A Preferred Director, which nomination was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on September 27, 2021, and Ms. MacPherson’s election as a Series A Preferred Director and member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee became effective on that date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1009829/000118518521001402/0001185185-21-001402-index.htm

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