secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (RKDA)
CIK:        0001469443
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-21-037217
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Arcadia Biosciences hires Laura Pitlik as CMO; base salary $250K, options for 75K shares
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- Laura Pitlik appointed Chief Marketing Officer effective July 12, 2021.
- Compensation: $250K base salary, $50K signing bonus, 40% target annual bonus.
- Granted stock options for 75,000 shares vesting over 4 years under 2015 Equity Plan.
- Severance includes 3 months base salary (non-CIC) or 12 months (CIC with acceleration).
- Pitlik previously at Niteo Products, Century Snacks, Truco Enterprises.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1469443/000156459021037217/0001564590-21-037217-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1469443/000156459021037217/rkda-8k_20210712.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-037217

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