---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-018388"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETD"
cik: "0000896156"
company_name: "ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:57:34.843434+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ethan Allen board member Schmotter to retire, SVP Grow steps down

## Summary
- Dr. James W. Schmotter to retire from Board effective 2021 Annual Meeting; no disagreement cited.
- Schmotter currently serves on Audit and Corporate Governance, Nominations and Sustainability committees.
- Daniel M. Grow stepped down as SVP, Business Development effective Aug 1, 2021; no longer executive officer.
- Grow remains with Ethan Allen as a Vice President focusing on strategic initiatives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-018388
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETD
- cik: 0000896156
- company_name: ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896156/000143774921018388/0001437749-21-018388-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896156/000143774921018388/eth20210803b_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-018388.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Daniel M. Grow departed as Senior Vice President, Business Development at ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Business Development
  source text: Effective August 1, 2021, Daniel M. Grow stepped down from his position of Senior Vice President, Business Development and as such, is no longer an executive officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896156/000143774921018388/0001437749-21-018388-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dr. James W. Schmotter departed as Board of Directors at ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Board of Directors
  source text: On August 3, 2021, Dr. James W. Schmotter notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (the “Company”) that he has decided to retire from the Board, effective the date of the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896156/000143774921018388/0001437749-21-018388-index.htm

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