---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819574-21-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BARK"
cik: "0001819574"
company_name: "Bark, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T03:18:19.617287+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO John Toth resigns to spend time with family; search for successor underway

## Summary
- John Toth informed BARK on Sept 10, 2021 of his resignation as CFO.
- Resignation is not due to any dispute over accounting principles or financial disclosures.
- Company has begun a search for a new CFO with an external search firm.
- Toth will remain in role to ensure smooth transition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819574-21-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BARK
- cik: 0001819574
- company_name: Bark, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-16T23:59:59+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/1819574/000181957421000045/0001819574-21-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000181957421000045/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819574-21-000045
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819574-21-000045.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819574-21-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Toth resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Bark, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 10, 2021, John Toth informed The Original BARK Company (the "Company") of his intention to resign as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000181957421000045/0001819574-21-000045-index.htm

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