---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-012471"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PETV"
cik: "0001512922"
company_name: "PetVivo Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T01:20:18.572929+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PetVivo appoints Spencer Breithaupt to Board of Directors; board size increased to eight

## Summary
- Board expanded from 7 to 8 members; Breithaupt appointed effective April 14, 2023.
- Breithaupt has 30+ years in animal health, recently VP of Sales at MWI Animal Health.
- Received initial option grant: 10,000 shares at $2.74, vesting April 13, 2024.
- Board determined Breithaupt is independent under Nasdaq and SEC rules.
- Not yet appointed to any board committees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-012471
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PETV
- cik: 0001512922
- company_name: PetVivo Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512922/000149315223012471/0001493152-23-012471-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512922/000149315223012471/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-012471
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-012471.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-012471.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Spencer Breithaupt was appointed as Director at PetVivo Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective as of April 14, 2023, the Board of Directors of PetVivo Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from seven directors to eight directors and appointed Spencer Breithaupt as a member of the Board to fill the vacancy created by the increase in size of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512922/000149315223012471/0001493152-23-012471-index.htm

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