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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-064311"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COOK"
cik: "0001857853"
company_name: "Traeger, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-01T21:08:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:27:34.778009+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Traeger appoints David R. Jolley to board effective Oct 1, 2026; joins audit and compensation committees

## Summary
- Board appointed David R. Jolley as a director effective October 1, 2026; he serves as a Class III director with a term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting.
- Jolley was also named to the Board's audit committee and compensation committee, both effective October 1, 2026.
- As a non-employee director, Jolley participates in the non-employee director compensation program described under 'Director Compensation' in the proxy statement filed April 27, 2026.
- Jolley is eligible for the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan, and Traeger will enter its standard director/officer indemnification agreement with him.
- No reason for the appointment or any departure was disclosed; the 8-K was signed by CFO Michael J. Hord on October 1, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-064311
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COOK
- cik: 0001857853
- company_name: Traeger, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T21:08:07+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857853/000162828026064311/0001628280-26-064311-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857853/000162828026064311/tra-20260928.htm

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