Form 8-K - Current report

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): February 6, 2025

ZEVIA PBC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	001-40630	86-2862492
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
15821 Ventura Blvd., Suite 135, Encino, CA		91436
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

[phone]

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report: N/A

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share		ZVIA		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 6, 2025, Zevia PBC (the “Company”) and Ms. Lorna R. Simms, the Company’s SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, mutually agreed to terms pursuant to which Ms. Simms will step down as the Company’s SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and separate from employment effective as of April 4, 2025.

In connection with Ms. Simms’s departure, the Company and Ms. Simms entered into a separation agreement and general release of claims providing for certain benefits upon effectiveness of the agreement consistent with the existing severance agreement between the Company and Ms. Simms dated as of March 3, 2022.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

		ZEVIA PBC
Date: February 7, 2025		/s/ LORNA R. SIMMS
		Name:	Lorna R. Simms
		Title:	SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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Document and Entity Information	Feb. 06, 2025
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Entity Central Index Key	0001854139
Document Type	8-K
Document Period End Date	Feb. 06, 2025
Entity Registrant Name	ZEVIA PBC
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Securities Act File Number	001-40630
Entity Tax Identification Number	86-2862492
Entity Address, Address Line One	15821 Ventura Blvd.
Entity Address, Address Line Two	Suite 135
Entity Address, City or Town	Encino
Entity Address, State or Province	CA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	91436
City Area Code	424
Local Phone Number	343-2654
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Title of 12(b) Security	Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share
Trading Symbol	ZVIA
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
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Entity Ex Transition Period	false

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