---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-139463"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MZTI"
cik: "0000057515"
company_name: "MARZETTI CO"
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T10:43:51.705683+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lancaster Colony appoints Zena Srivatsa Arnold to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Zena Srivatsa Arnold appointed as Class II director effective May 8, 2023.
- She previously served as Senior VP, Carbonated Soft Drinks at PepsiCo.
- She will receive $75,000 annual retainer plus $100,000 restricted stock grant.
- Ms. Arnold has no material interest in any transaction with the company.
- She also serves on EZCORP board; holds B.S. in Computer Science from Ohio State.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-139463
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MZTI
- cik: 0000057515
- company_name: MARZETTI CO
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000119312523139463/0001193125-23-139463-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000119312523139463/d877248d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-139463.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Zena Srivatsa Arnold was appointed as Class II Director at MARZETTI CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: On May 9, 2023, Lancaster Colony Corporation (the “Corporation”) announced the appointment of Zena Srivatsa Arnold to the Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as a Class II director, effective immediately, to serve until the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders and until her successor is duly elected.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000119312523139463/0001193125-23-139463-index.htm

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