---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-009968"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DMRC"
cik: "0001438231"
company_name: "Digimarc CORP"
filed_at: "2022-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T23:09:37.581384+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Digimarc elects Kathleen M. Kool to Board, effective July 1, 2022

## Summary
- Kathleen M. Kool, CEO of Tide Cleaners (P&G subsidiary), elected to Digimarc Board effective July 1, 2022.
- Appointed to Audit Committee and Compensation and Talent Management Committee.
- Annual cash retainer of $50,000; initial restricted stock grant of ~$200,000 vesting over 3 years.
- Kool previously CFO of P&G's North America Fabric Care (>$8B revenue) and led Investor Relations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-009968
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DMRC
- cik: 0001438231
- company_name: Digimarc CORP
- filed_at: 2022-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000156459022009968/0001564590-22-009968-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000156459022009968/dmrc-8k_20220309.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-009968.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kathleen M. Kool was elected as Director at Digimarc CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 9, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Digimarc Corporation (the “Company”) elected Kathleen M. Kool to fill an existing vacancy on the Board , effective July 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000156459022009968/0001564590-22-009968-index.htm

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