---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-016239"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TCX"
cik: "0000909494"
company_name: "TUCOWS INC /PA/"
filed_at: "2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T11:01:37.635263+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tucows board nominees: Lee Matheson and Gigi Sohn; Brad Burnham not seeking reelection

## Summary
- Lee Matheson and Gigi Sohn to stand for election at the Sept 7, 2023 annual meeting.
- Brad Burnham, Union Square Ventures co-founder, retiring after six years on the board.
- Matheson is a partner at Edgepoint Wealth Management, a major Tucows shareholder.
- Sohn is a lawyer and consumer advocate; was nominated by President Biden for FCC in 2021.
- CEO Elliot Noss welcomed the nominees and thanked Burnham for his service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-016239
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TCX
- cik: 0000909494
- company_name: TUCOWS INC /PA/
- filed_at: 2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909494/000143774923016239/0001437749-23-016239-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909494/000143774923016239/tcx20230531_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-016239
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-016239.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-016239.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brad Burnham departed as Director at TUCOWS INC /PA/.
  - Action: decided to not seek reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 30, 2023 Tucows Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), announced that at the Company’s 2023 Annual General Meeting on September 7, 2023, Lee Matheson and Gigi Sohn will be standing for election to the Company’s Board of Directors and Brad Burnham has decided to not seek reelection.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909494/000143774923016239/0001437749-23-016239-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gigi Sohn was appointed as Director at TUCOWS INC /PA/.
  - Action: standing for election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 30, 2023 Tucows Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), announced that at the Company’s 2023 Annual General Meeting on September 7, 2023, Lee Matheson and Gigi Sohn will be standing for election to the Company’s Board of Directors and Brad Burnham has decided to not seek reelection.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909494/000143774923016239/0001437749-23-016239-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lee Matheson was appointed as Director at TUCOWS INC /PA/.
  - Action: standing for election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 30, 2023 Tucows Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), announced that at the Company’s 2023 Annual General Meeting on September 7, 2023, Lee Matheson and Gigi Sohn will be standing for election to the Company’s Board of Directors and Brad Burnham has decided to not seek reelection.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909494/000143774923016239/0001437749-23-016239-index.htm

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