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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-021775"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BARK"
cik: "0001819574"
company_name: "Bark, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:40:45.151428+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BARK CFO Zahir Ibrahim to step down; Brian Dostie named Interim CFO effective April 17, 2026

## Summary
- CFO Zahir Ibrahim will depart on April 17, 2026, by mutual agreement, not due to any disagreement on accounting or controls.
- Brian Dostie, VP Accounting and Controller since May 2023, appointed Interim CFO and principal financial officer.
- Ibrahim will receive severance per existing agreement upon signing a standard separation and release.
- Company will initiate a search for a permanent CFO with help of an external search firm.
- Dostie previously served as Interim CFO at 80 Acres Urban Agriculture and Corporate Controller at National Instruments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-021775
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BARK
- cik: 0001819574
- company_name: Bark, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000162828026021775/0001628280-26-021775-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000162828026021775/bark-20260324.htm

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