---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001841761-26-000105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GROV"
cik: "0001841761"
company_name: "Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-02T20:15:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:36:41.107849+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grove Collaborative appoints Flip van den Bosch as principal financial and accounting officer, effective October 1, 2026

## Summary
- Board appointed Flip van den Bosch, 38, as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer effective October 1, 2026; he had been Controller since March 2025.
- Compensation Committee approved $25,000 retention bonus payable if he stays through May 15, 2027, and raised annual base salary to $261,397 effective September 1, 2026.
- He received 30,000 restricted stock units: 15,000 Class A shares vest May 15, 2027 and 15,000 vest August 15, 2027, subject to continued service.
- Company reported no arrangements or understandings for the appointment, no family relationships with directors or executive officers, and no Item 404(a) transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001841761-26-000105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GROV
- cik: 0001841761
- company_name: Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-02T20:15:20+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841761/000184176126000105/0001841761-26-000105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841761/000184176126000105/grov-20261001.htm

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