---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-029364"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DJCO"
cik: "0000783412"
company_name: "DAILY JOURNAL CORP"
filed_at: "2021-12-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T22:01:44.128147+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Daily Journal appoints Maryjoe Rodriguez to Board; Salzman resigns as director but stays CEO

## Summary
- Gerald L. Salzman resigned from Board effective Dec 29, 2021, but remains CEO, President, CFO, Treasurer.
- Peter D. Kaufman will not stand for re-election at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
- Maryjoe Rodriguez (VP & COO of subsidiary Journal Technologies) appointed to Board to fill vacancy.
- Rodriguez received $465k in salary, bonus, and incentive comp in FY2021, plus 0.83% earnings grant under Management Incentive Plan (total 2.21%).
- Rodriguez will not receive additional compensation for Board service and will not join any committees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-029364
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DJCO
- cik: 0000783412
- company_name: DAILY JOURNAL CORP
- filed_at: 2021-12-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783412/000143774921029364/0001437749-21-029364-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783412/000143774921029364/djco20211227_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-029364
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-029364.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-029364.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Maryjoe Rodriguez was appointed as Director at DAILY JOURNAL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 29, 2021, Maryjoe Rodriguez was appointed to the Board to fill the vacancy created with Mr. Salzman’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783412/000143774921029364/0001437749-21-029364-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gerald L. Salzman resigned as Director at DAILY JOURNAL CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 29, 2021, Gerald L. Salzman resigned from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Daily Journal Corporation (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783412/000143774921029364/0001437749-21-029364-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter D. Kaufman departed as Director at DAILY JOURNAL CORP.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also on December 29, 2021, Peter D. Kaufman informed the Company that he will not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783412/000143774921029364/0001437749-21-029364-index.htm

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