---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-044247"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOCL"
cik: "0001840780"
company_name: "Local Bounti Corporation/DE"
filed_at: "2026-06-18T20:00:10+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T20:01:34.829393+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Local Bounti Executive Chairman Craig Hurlbert and director Matthew Nordby resign; Travis Joyner named Chairman

## Summary
- Craig Hurlbert resigns as Executive Chairman and Board member effective June 18, 2026; remains an employee.
- Matthew Nordby resigns as Board member effective June 18, 2026; no disagreement cited.
- Board reduced from eight to six members upon resignations.
- Travis Joyner appointed Chairman; Mark Nelson named Lead Independent Director.
- Audit, Compensation, and Nominating committees reconstituted with Nelson, Brewster, Molnar.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-044247
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOCL
- cik: 0001840780
- company_name: Local Bounti Corporation/DE
- filed_at: 2026-06-18T20:00:10+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840780/000162828026044247/0001628280-26-044247-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840780/000162828026044247/locl-20260617.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-044247
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-044247.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-044247.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Nelson was appointed as Lead Independent Director at Local Bounti Corporation/DE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: Mark Nelson as Lead Independent Director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840780/000162828026044247/0001628280-26-044247-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Nordby resigned as Director at Local Bounti Corporation/DE.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Matthew Nordby announced his intention to resign as a member of the Board, effective June 18, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840780/000162828026044247/0001628280-26-044247-index.htm
- Executive change
  Travis Joyner was appointed as Chairman of the Board at Local Bounti Corporation/DE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: the Board has appointed Travis Joyner as Chairman of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840780/000162828026044247/0001628280-26-044247-index.htm
- Executive change
  Craig Hurlbert resigned as Executive Chairman at Local Bounti Corporation/DE.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: Craig Hurlbert announced his intention to resign as Executive Chairman and as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Local Bounti Corporation (the “Company”), effective as of June 18, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840780/000162828026044247/0001628280-26-044247-index.htm

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