{"url_path":"/sec/zvia/8-k/2026-06-15/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-15","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/0001437749-26-020577-index.html","accession_number":"0001437749-26-020577","cik":"0001854139","ticker":"ZVIA","issuer_name":"Zevia PBC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/0001437749-26-020577-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001854139","primary_entity_name":"Zevia PBC"},"word_count":656,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**\n\n \n\n(b) Departing Officer\n\n \n\nOn June 10, 2026, Amy E. Taylor notified Zevia PBC (the “Company”) of her resignation as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective June 15, 2026. Ms. Taylor is expected to remain in a consultant role with the Company during a transition period of approximately two months and will continue to serve as a Class I director of the Company. As a consultant, Ms. Taylor will receive consulting fees and subsidized COBRA premiums, and thereafter, she will receive standard non-employee director compensation under the Company’s director compensation policy.\n\n \n\nThe Company and the board of directors (the “Board”) extend their gratitude to Ms. Taylor for her leadership and contributions to the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer.\n\n \n\n(c) Officer Appointment\n\n \n\nEffective June 15, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), the Board appointed current director Alexandre I. Ruberti to succeed Ms. Taylor as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ruberti will continue to serve as a Class III director of the Company.\n\n \n\nMr. Ruberti’s biographical information is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2026 under “Corporate Governance—Class III Directors Continuing in Office,” and such information is incorporated herein by reference.\n\n \n\nIn connection with Mr. Ruberti’s appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer, the Company entered into an offer letter with Mr. Ruberti, effective as of the Effective Date (the “Offer Letter”). Pursuant to the Offer Letter, Mr. Ruberti will receive an annual base salary of $638,000 and will be eligible to earn discretionary, merit-based compensation of 100% of base salary. In addition, he will receive (i) an initial long-term incentive award for 2026, consisting of $1,440,000 worth of restricted stock units that vest ratably over four years and $360,000 worth of target performance stock units that are subject to the Company’s net sales performance over a three-year performance period ending December 31, 2028, (ii) beginning in 2027, target annual long-term incentive awards having an aggregate value of $1,800,000, and (iii) a relocation allowance of $50,000.\n\n \n\nIn addition, Mr. Ruberti entered into the Company’s standard severance agreement (the “Severance Agreement”), which provides for severance benefits in the event Mr. Ruberti is terminated by the Company without Cause (as defined in the Severance Agreement) or resigns for Good Reason (as defined in the Severance Agreement) (each a “Qualifying Termination”). Subject to execution of a release of claims in favor of the Company, upon a Qualifying Termination, Mr. Ruberti will be eligible to receive the following severance benefits: (i) 12 months of base salary payable in installments (or, if the Qualifying Termination occurs within 18 months following a change in control of the Company, a lump sum payment equal to the sum of Mr. Ruberti’s annual base salary and target annual bonus), (ii) partially subsidized COBRA premiums for the 12-month period following termination, and (iii) any earned but unpaid annual bonus for the year prior to the year of termination payable at the time bonuses are paid to other executives.\n\n \n\nMr. Ruberti has also entered into the Company’s employment, confidential information, and invention assignment agreement, which includes customary confidentiality, non-disclosure, employee non-solicitation and invention assignment covenants, and the Company’s mutual arbitration agreement.\n\n \n\nThere is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Ruberti and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as an officer of the Company; there is no family relationship between Mr. Ruberti and any of the Company’s directors or other executive officers; and Mr. Ruberti is not a party to any transactions of the type that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\n \n\n \n\nThe full texts of the Offer Letter and the Severance Agreement will be filed as exhibits to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2026."}