---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-030827"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETD"
cik: "0000896156"
company_name: "ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-21T20:17:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-21T20:19:08.669706+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ethan Allen board commits to naming next CEO by June 30, 2027; Kathwari to stay as non-executive director

## Summary
- Board will publicly announce next CEO no later than June 30, 2027, when Farooq Kathwari's contract ends.
- Independent committee engaged a national executive search firm; internal and external candidates considered.
- Kathwari remains chairman, president and CEO through transition, then non-executive until 2027 annual meeting.
- Board cites orderly, well-governed transition; Kathwari, largest shareholder, supports process.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-030827
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETD
- cik: 0000896156
- company_name: ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-21T20:17:08+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896156/000143774926030827/0001437749-26-030827-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896156/000143774926030827/eth20260920_8k.htm

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