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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001759509-25-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYFT"
cik: "0001759509"
company_name: "Lyft, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T14:48:40.583354+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lyft director Ariel Cohen resigns; Board to reduce to nine members

## Summary
- Ariel Cohen resigned from Lyft's Board effective May 22, 2025, citing other professional responsibilities.
- Cohen stated his departure is not due to any disagreement with the Company's operations, policies, or practices.
- Lyft's Board intends to decrease the number of authorized directors from ten to nine.
- CEO David Risher thanked Cohen for his four years of service and contributions to the travel sector perspective.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001759509-25-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYFT
- cik: 0001759509
- company_name: Lyft, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759509/000175950925000094/0001759509-25-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759509/000175950925000094/lyft-20250522.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001759509-25-000094.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ariel Cohen resigned as Director at Lyft, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 22, 2025, Ariel Cohen informed Lyft, Inc. (the “Company”) of his resignation from the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759509/000175950925000094/0001759509-25-000094-index.htm

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