secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Laird Superfood, Inc. (LSF)
CIK:        0001650696
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-023459
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Laird Superfood appoints Jason Vieth as CEO; reports preliminary Q4 sales up 29% to $9.4M
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- Jason Vieth named President & CEO effective Jan 31, replacing Paul Hodge (who resigns but stays as consultant through April 30).
- Preliminary Q4 2021 net sales ~$9.4M (+29% YoY); gross margin ~24% vs 20% prior year.
- Full year 2021 net sales ~$36.8M (+43% YoY); gross margin ~26%, flat with 2020.
- Vieth brings CPG experience from Sovos Brands and WhiteWave; receives $400K base salary, signing bonus, and equity grants (125K RSUs + 200K options).
- Conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET today.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650696/000119312522023459/0001193125-22-023459-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650696/000119312522023459/d243253d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-023459

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