---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-075835"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOCL"
cik: "0001840780"
company_name: "Local Bounti Corporation/DE"
filed_at: "2023-03-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T22:29:29.204112+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Local Bounti appoints Jennifer Carr-Smith to Board, effective May 15, 2023

## Summary
- Board expands from 6 to 7 directors; Carr-Smith designated as Class III independent director.
- Carr-Smith will serve on the Compensation Committee; appointment date May 15, 2023.
- She is Chair of Blue Apron Holdings (APRN) and Non-Executive Director of Woolworths Group (ASX: WOW).
- Previous roles include CEO of Peapod Online Grocer, COO of J. Crew Direct, Gilt.com, and SVP at Groupon.
- Holds B.A. from Brown and MBA from Harvard; no material transactions with Local Bounti.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-075835
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOCL
- cik: 0001840780
- company_name: Local Bounti Corporation/DE
- filed_at: 2023-03-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840780/000119312523075835/0001193125-23-075835-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840780/000119312523075835/d484891d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-075835
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-075835.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-075835.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jennifer Carr-Smith was appointed as Class III director at Local Bounti Corporation/DE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: On March 17, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Local Bounti Corporation (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, expanded the Board by one seat and appointed Jennifer Carr-Smith as a Class III director and to the Compensation Committee of the Board, in each case effective as of May 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840780/000119312523075835/0001193125-23-075835-index.htm

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