---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857853-23-000058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COOK"
cik: "0001857853"
company_name: "Traeger, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T07:35:18.144576+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Traeger removes COO Jim Hardy, appoints him President of MEATER subsidiary; annual meeting results

## Summary
- Jim Hardy removed as COO effective June 3, 2023; appointed President of Apption Labs (MEATER) subsidiary.
- Class II directors elected: Eltrich (100.4M for), Manges (99.1M), Richman (106.3M), Shoan (100.5M).
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 (116.7M for, 85.7K against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857853-23-000058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COOK
- cik: 0001857853
- company_name: Traeger, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857853/000185785323000058/0001857853-23-000058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857853/000185785323000058/tra-20230530.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857853-23-000058.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jim Hardy was appointed as President of Apption Labs Limited (d/b/a/ MEATER) at Traeger, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President of Apption Labs Limited (d/b/a/ MEATER)
  source text: On June 3, 2023, the Board of Directors of Traeger, Inc. (the “Company”) removed Jim Hardy as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and principal operating officer and appointed him as President of Apption Labs Limited (d/b/a/ MEATER), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857853/000185785323000058/0001857853-23-000058-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Traeger, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857853/000185785323000058/0001857853-23-000058-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Traeger, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class II Directors at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: Each of the following nominees was elected as a Class II director to serve until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until each such director’s respective successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857853/000185785323000058/0001857853-23-000058-index.htm

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