---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001771515-22-000127"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GO"
cik: "0001771515"
company_name: "Grocery Outlet Holding Corp."
filed_at: "2022-09-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T16:42:47.977187+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vice Chairman MacGregor Read retires from Grocery Outlet board after ~30 years

## Summary
- S. MacGregor Read, Jr. retired as Vice Chairman and Class II director effective September 1, 2022.
- Read had served on the board for 16 years and with the company nearly 30 years, including as co-CEO.
- Board reduced from 11 to 10 directors effective September 1, 2022.
- Retirement not due to any disagreement with company's operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001771515-22-000127
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GO
- cik: 0001771515
- company_name: Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.
- filed_at: 2022-09-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151522000127/0001771515-22-000127-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151522000127/go-20220831.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001771515-22-000127
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001771515-22-000127.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001771515-22-000127.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  S. MacGregor Read, Jr. retired as Vice Chairman at Grocery Outlet Holding Corp..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Vice Chairman
  source text: On August 31, 2022, S. MacGregor Read, Jr. provided notice to the board of directors (the "Board") of Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (the "Company") of his decision, effective September 1, 2022, to retire as Vice Chairman and a Class II member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151522000127/0001771515-22-000127-index.htm

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