---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-224294"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZVIA"
cik: "0001854139"
company_name: "Zevia PBC"
filed_at: "2021-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T02:44:09.655638+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zevia PBC appoints nine new directors and amends charter/bylaws in connection with IPO

## Summary
- Board appointed nine new directors: Jacqueline Hayes, Brian McGuigan, Philip Hunter O'Brien, Rosemary Ripley, Andrew Ruben, Julie Garcia Ruehl, Justin Shaw, Amy Taylor, Quincy Troupe.
- Existing director Padraic Spence continues as CEO and Chairperson.
- Amended and Restated Certificate authorizes 550M Class A shares, 250M Class B shares, and 10M preferred shares.
- Class B protective provisions expire when less than 9,418,719 shares remain outstanding.
- Adopted Amended and Restated Bylaws establishing stockholder proposal and director nomination procedures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-224294
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZVIA
- cik: 0001854139
- company_name: Zevia PBC
- filed_at: 2021-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000119312521224294/0001193125-21-224294-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000119312521224294/d182427d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-224294.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Philip Hunter O'Brien was appointed as director at Zevia PBC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Zevia PBC (the “Company”) appointed the following individuals to serve as directors of the Company, with such appointments conditioned upon and to become effective immediately prior to the listing of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), to serve until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: Jacqueline Hayes, Brian McGuigan, Philip Hunter O’Brien, Rosemary Ripley, Andrew Ruben, Julie Garcia Ruehl, Justin Shaw, Amy Taylor and Quincy Troupe
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000119312521224294/0001193125-21-224294-index.htm
- Executive change
  Julie Garcia Ruehl was appointed as director at Zevia PBC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Zevia PBC (the “Company”) appointed the following individuals to serve as directors of the Company, with such appointments conditioned upon and to become effective immediately prior to the listing of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), to serve until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: Jacqueline Hayes, Brian McGuigan, Philip Hunter O’Brien, Rosemary Ripley, Andrew Ruben, Julie Garcia Ruehl, Justin Shaw, Amy Taylor and Quincy Troupe
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000119312521224294/0001193125-21-224294-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jacqueline Hayes was appointed as director at Zevia PBC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Zevia PBC (the “Company”) appointed the following individuals to serve as directors of the Company, with such appointments conditioned upon and to become effective immediately prior to the listing of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), to serve until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: Jacqueline Hayes, Brian McGuigan, Philip Hunter O’Brien, Rosemary Ripley, Andrew Ruben, Julie Garcia Ruehl, Justin Shaw, Amy Taylor and Quincy Troupe
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000119312521224294/0001193125-21-224294-index.htm
- Executive change
  Amy Taylor was appointed as director at Zevia PBC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Zevia PBC (the “Company”) appointed the following individuals to serve as directors of the Company, with such appointments conditioned upon and to become effective immediately prior to the listing of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), to serve until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: Jacqueline Hayes, Brian McGuigan, Philip Hunter O’Brien, Rosemary Ripley, Andrew Ruben, Julie Garcia Ruehl, Justin Shaw, Amy Taylor and Quincy Troupe
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000119312521224294/0001193125-21-224294-index.htm
- Executive change
  Quincy Troupe was appointed as director at Zevia PBC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Zevia PBC (the “Company”) appointed the following individuals to serve as directors of the Company, with such appointments conditioned upon and to become effective immediately prior to the listing of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), to serve until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: Jacqueline Hayes, Brian McGuigan, Philip Hunter O’Brien, Rosemary Ripley, Andrew Ruben, Julie Garcia Ruehl, Justin Shaw, Amy Taylor and Quincy Troupe
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000119312521224294/0001193125-21-224294-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrew Ruben was appointed as director at Zevia PBC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Zevia PBC (the “Company”) appointed the following individuals to serve as directors of the Company, with such appointments conditioned upon and to become effective immediately prior to the listing of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), to serve until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: Jacqueline Hayes, Brian McGuigan, Philip Hunter O’Brien, Rosemary Ripley, Andrew Ruben, Julie Garcia Ruehl, Justin Shaw, Amy Taylor and Quincy Troupe
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000119312521224294/0001193125-21-224294-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brian McGuigan was appointed as director at Zevia PBC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Zevia PBC (the “Company”) appointed the following individuals to serve as directors of the Company, with such appointments conditioned upon and to become effective immediately prior to the listing of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), to serve until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: Jacqueline Hayes, Brian McGuigan, Philip Hunter O’Brien, Rosemary Ripley, Andrew Ruben, Julie Garcia Ruehl, Justin Shaw, Amy Taylor and Quincy Troupe
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000119312521224294/0001193125-21-224294-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rosemary Ripley was appointed as director at Zevia PBC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Zevia PBC (the “Company”) appointed the following individuals to serve as directors of the Company, with such appointments conditioned upon and to become effective immediately prior to the listing of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), to serve until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: Jacqueline Hayes, Brian McGuigan, Philip Hunter O’Brien, Rosemary Ripley, Andrew Ruben, Julie Garcia Ruehl, Justin Shaw, Amy Taylor and Quincy Troupe
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000119312521224294/0001193125-21-224294-index.htm
- Executive change
  Justin Shaw was appointed as director at Zevia PBC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Zevia PBC (the “Company”) appointed the following individuals to serve as directors of the Company, with such appointments conditioned upon and to become effective immediately prior to the listing of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), to serve until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: Jacqueline Hayes, Brian McGuigan, Philip Hunter O’Brien, Rosemary Ripley, Andrew Ruben, Julie Garcia Ruehl, Justin Shaw, Amy Taylor and Quincy Troupe
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000119312521224294/0001193125-21-224294-index.htm

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