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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001555280-26-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZTS"
cik: "0001555280"
company_name: "Zoetis Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-13T11:32:46+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-13T11:35:05.309931+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zoetis appoints Iris Knobloch to board effective Dec 1, 2026, expanding board from 12 to 13 members

## Summary
- Board appointed Iris Knobloch on October 8, 2026, effective December 1, 2026, increasing board size from twelve to thirteen members
- Knobloch will serve on the Board's Corporate Governance Committee and is eligible for Zoetis's non-employee director compensation program
- Zoetis will enter its standard form of indemnification agreement with Knobloch; no Item 404(a) related party transactions since last fiscal year
- Press release announcing the appointment was issued October 13, 2026 and filed as Exhibit 99.1; 8-K signed by General Counsel Roxanne Lagano
- Company cited its 2026 proxy statement filed April 8, 2026 for the non-employee director compensation terms

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001555280-26-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZTS
- cik: 0001555280
- company_name: Zoetis Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-13T11:32:46+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1555280/000155528026000044/0001555280-26-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1555280/000155528026000044/zts-20261008.htm

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