---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-234161"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LZ"
cik: "0001286139"
company_name: "LEGALZOOM.COM, INC."
filed_at: "2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:09:10.942650+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LegalZoom appoints Microsoft VP Liz Hamren to board of directors

## Summary
- Board expanded to ten members; Hamren appointed as Class III director until 2024 annual meeting.
- Hamren is independent under Nasdaq rules; no transactions requiring disclosure per Item 404(a).
- She receives $35,000 annual cash retainer and initial RSU grant worth $200,000, vesting over three years.
- Hamren leads Xbox gaming experiences and platforms at Microsoft; previously at Facebook/Oculus and Google/Nest.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-234161
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LZ
- cik: 0001286139
- company_name: LEGALZOOM.COM, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286139/000119312521234161/0001193125-21-234161-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286139/000119312521234161/d197606d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-234161
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-234161.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth (Liz) Hamren was appointed as Class III Director at LEGALZOOM.COM, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On August 2, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of LegalZoom.com, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from nine to ten members and appointed Elizabeth (Liz) Hamren as a member of the Board, to serve as a Class III director, until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286139/000119312521234161/0001193125-21-234161-index.htm

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