---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-346659"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYFT"
cik: "0001759509"
company_name: "Lyft, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:12:50.994254+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lyft appoints Elaine Paul as CFO; Brian Roberts steps down as CFO effective Dec 1, 2021

## Summary
- Elaine Paul appointed CFO effective Jan 3, 2022, succeeding Brian Roberts who steps down Dec 1, 2021.
- Paul receives $450k base salary, $1.5M signing bonus, and ~$16M RSU grant (1/16th quarterly vest after 3-month cliff).
- Roberts receives $75k cash payment and continued equity vesting during consulting term through June 2022.
- CEO Logan Green serves as principal financial officer from Dec 1, 2021 until Paul's effective date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-346659
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYFT
- cik: 0001759509
- company_name: Lyft, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759509/000119312521346659/0001193125-21-346659-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759509/000119312521346659/d263692d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-346659.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian Roberts resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Lyft, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Brian Roberts, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer who has resigned as an employee effective December 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759509/000119312521346659/0001193125-21-346659-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elaine Paul was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Lyft, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the appointment of Elaine Paul as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 3, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759509/000119312521346659/0001193125-21-346659-index.htm

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