---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-035814"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001851860"
company_name: "SMART FOR LIFE, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T09:51:21.610654+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smart for Life appoints Heather Granato to Board, replacing resigning director Robert Rein

## Summary
- Robert S. Rein resigned from the Board on April 18, 2024, with no disagreement related to operations or policies.
- Heather Granato appointed to fill vacancy; also added to Audit, Compensation (Chair), and Nominating Committees.
- Granato receives $40,000 annual fee and annual option grant of 40,000 shares, vesting quarterly over one year.
- Granato is a 30-year nutraceutical industry veteran, founder of Nutrachievement, former VP at Informa PLC.
- Company entered standard indemnification agreement with Granato.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-035814
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001851860
- company_name: SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1851860/000121390024035814/0001213900-24-035814-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1851860/000121390024035814/ea0204586-8k_smart.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-035814.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Heather Granato was appointed as Director at SMART FOR LIFE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed Heather Granato to the Board to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Rein’s.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1851860/000121390024035814/0001213900-24-035814-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert S. Rein resigned as Director at SMART FOR LIFE, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 18, 2024, Robert S. Rein resigned from the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Smart for Life, Inc. (the “ Company ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1851860/000121390024035814/0001213900-24-035814-index.htm

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