---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-079905"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRPL"
cik: "0001643953"
company_name: "Purple Innovation, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:11:17.562581+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Purple appoints Tricia McDermott as Chief Legal Officer; Casey McGarvey transitions to advisor

## Summary
- Tricia McDermott named CLO effective October 23, 2023, succeeding Casey McGarvey.
- McGarvey steps down as CLO to become Advisor to Senior Leadership Team, assisting with 60-day transition.
- McDermott previously served as Chief Legal and Risk Officer at Shoe Show, Inc., and held roles at Perry Ellis, Spectrum Brands, Office Depot.
- CEO Rob DeMartini highlights McDermott's intellectual property experience as key to Purple's growth plans.
- McGarvey's compensation remains unchanged during transition; thereafter adjusted per CEO agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-079905
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRPL
- cik: 0001643953
- company_name: Purple Innovation, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1643953/000121390023079905/0001213900-23-079905-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1643953/000121390023079905/ea185881-8k_purple.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-079905.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Casey McGarvey changed role as Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President at Purple Innovation, Inc..
  - Action: transitioned to Advisor
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President
  source text: On September 21, 2023, Purple Innovation, Inc. (the “Company”) and Casey McGarvey, Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President (“CLO”), agreed that Mr. McGarvey will no longer serve as CLO and will transition to Advisor to the Senior Leadership Team of the Company, subject to and in anticipation of a new CLO being appointed by the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1643953/000121390023079905/0001213900-23-079905-index.htm

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