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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-016376"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIGS"
cik: "0001846576"
company_name: "FIGS, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T22:47:19.776640+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FIGS appoints Jerry Jao as independent director, Audit Committee chair

## Summary
- Jerry Jao appointed to board effective April 1, 2025, as Class III director, Audit Committee chair, and Compensation Committee member.
- Jao is SVP/GM at Constant Contact, former CEO of Retention Science, and previously Engagement Manager at KPMG and Analyst at Morgan Stanley.
- Director compensation includes $50,000 annual board retainer, $20,000 Audit chair retainer, $7,500 Comp committee retainer, plus initial and annual RSU grants.
- Prior interim Audit Chair Mario Marte continues as committee member; board cites Jao's marketing, technology, and finance expertise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-016376
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIGS
- cik: 0001846576
- company_name: FIGS, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1846576/000162828025016376/0001628280-25-016376-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1846576/000162828025016376/figs-20250331.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jerry Jao was appointed as Member of the Board, Chairperson of the Audit Committee, Member of the Compensation Committee at FIGS, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Member of the Board, Chairperson of the Audit Committee, Member of the Compensation Committee
  source text: On March 31, 2025, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of FIGS, Inc. (the “ Company ”) appointed Jerry Jao to serve as a member of the Board, effective April 1, 2025 (the “ Effective Date ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1846576/000162828025016376/0001628280-25-016376-index.htm

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