---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819574-23-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BARK"
cik: "0001819574"
company_name: "Bark, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T12:21:29.654061+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BARK appoints Larry Bodner to board; Bodner brings CPG experience

## Summary
- Board expanded from 7 to 8; Bodner appointed as Class C director, effective Sept. 19, 2023.
- Bodner has 35+ years CPG experience, currently CEO of Bulletproof 360, director at Hostess Brands.
- Previously CFO of Big Heart Pet, acquired by J.M. Smucker for $6B in 2015.
- Bodner receives $40k annual retainer, $10k for Audit Committee, $300k initial RSU vesting in 1 year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819574-23-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BARK
- cik: 0001819574
- company_name: Bark, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000181957423000033/0001819574-23-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000181957423000033/bark-20230919.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819574-23-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819574-23-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819574-23-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Larry Bodner was appointed as Class C Director at Bark, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class C Director
  source text: On September 19, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BARK, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Larry Bodner as a new Class C member of the Board, effective immediately, for a term expiring at the Company's 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000181957423000033/0001819574-23-000033-index.htm

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