---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-305415"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FTDR"
cik: "0001727263"
company_name: "Frontdoor, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T18:50:51.902115+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Frontdoor expands board with two new directors: Christopher Clipper and D. Steve Boland

## Summary
- Christopher Clipper, SVP and CFO at Ralph Lauren, elected to board effective Oct 21, 2021; board expands to nine.
- Clipper appointed to Audit Committee; also receives standard director compensation ($80k cash + $150k stock annually).
- D. Steve Boland also appointed to board; committee membership reconstituted: Audit (Fox chair), Compensation (Catalano chair), Nominating (McAndrews chair).
- Clipper brings experience from Ralph Lauren, Nike, and Time Warner in finance, strategy, and M&A.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-305415
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FTDR
- cik: 0001727263
- company_name: Frontdoor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1727263/000119312521305415/0001193125-21-305415-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1727263/000119312521305415/d249128d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-305415
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-305415.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-305415.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher Clipper was elected as Class III director at Frontdoor, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: On October 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Frontdoor, Inc. (the “Company”) unanimously elected Christopher Clipper as a Class III director of the Company, and appointed him as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1727263/000119312521305415/0001193125-21-305415-index.htm

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