---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-007323"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PETS"
cik: "0001040130"
company_name: "PETMED EXPRESS INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T15:36:59.653686+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PetMed Express appoints Diana Garvis Purcel to board; director Ronald Korn to retire at July 2022 meeting

## Summary
- Diana Garvis Purcel appointed independent director effective April 4, 2022; board expands to seven seats.
- Purcel will chair Audit Committee after Ronald Korn's retirement at the 2022 Annual Meeting.
- Ronald Korn, director since 2002, will not seek reelection; term ends July 2022, no disagreement.
- Purcel brings 20 years of CFO experience, including 17 at public companies; serves on two other boards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-007323
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PETS
- cik: 0001040130
- company_name: PETMED EXPRESS INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040130/000143774922007323/0001437749-22-007323-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040130/000143774922007323/pets20220325_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-007323
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-007323.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-007323.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Diana Garvis Purcel was appointed as Director at PETMED EXPRESS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors (“Board”) of PetMed Express, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Diana Garvis Purcel as a director on our Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040130/000143774922007323/0001437749-22-007323-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ronald J. Korn departed as Director at PETMED EXPRESS INC.
  - Action: intends to retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: Ronald J. Korn notified the Board that he intends to retire as a director of the Company at the end of his current term and does not wish to seek reelection at our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040130/000143774922007323/0001437749-22-007323-index.htm

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