---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001828972-24-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BZFD"
cik: "0001828972"
company_name: "BuzzFeed, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T00:44:24.563774+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BuzzFeed director Patrick Kerins not standing for re-election

## Summary
- Patrick Kerins notified board March 6, 2024 that he will not stand for re-election.
- Decision not based on any disagreement with BuzzFeed regarding operations, policies, or practices.
- Kerins will continue as director until his term ends immediately before the 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001828972-24-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BZFD
- cik: 0001828972
- company_name: BuzzFeed, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000182897224000026/0001828972-24-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000182897224000026/bzfd-20240306.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001828972-24-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001828972-24-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001828972-24-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick Kerins departed as Director at BuzzFeed, Inc..
  - Action: not standing for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 6, 2024, Mr. Patrick Kerins notified the board of directors that he has decided not to stand for re-election as a director of BuzzFeed, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000182897224000026/0001828972-24-000026-index.htm

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