---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857853-22-000108"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COOK"
cik: "0001857853"
company_name: "Traeger, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-09-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T14:37:23.377249+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Traeger promotes Jim Hardy to COO and Cole VandenAkker to Chief Sales Officer

## Summary
- Jim Hardy, formerly Chief Supply Chain Officer, named COO effective Aug 31, 2022.
- Cole VandenAkker promoted from EVP Global Sales to Chief Sales Officer.
- Hardy received 125,000 RSUs vesting in three equal annual installments from Aug 10, 2022.
- Both executives report to CEO Jeremy Andrus; Hardy has 35+ years of operations experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857853-22-000108
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COOK
- cik: 0001857853
- company_name: Traeger, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-09-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857853/000185785322000108/0001857853-22-000108-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857853/000185785322000108/tra-20220831.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857853-22-000108
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857853-22-000108.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857853-22-000108.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jim Hardy changed role as Chief Operating Officer at Traeger, Inc..
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On August 31, 2022, the Board of Directors of Traeger, Inc. (the “Company”) promoted Jim Hardy, 62, the Company’s Chief Supply Chain Officer, to Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857853/000185785322000108/0001857853-22-000108-index.htm

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