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

(d) On October 25, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of La-Z-Boy Incorporated (the "Company") elected Erika L. Alexander to the Board for a term that will expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2022. Ms. Alexander is joining the Board as an independent director and will be appointed to one or more Board committees following a review of the Board's existing committee composition. She will receive the compensation currently paid to non-employee directors, on a pro rata basis for any partial fiscal quarter. The Board approved an equity award grant to Ms. Alexander, under the Company's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, of restricted stock units with a grant date value of $89,000 effective on the second trading day following the Company's release of its second quarter fiscal year 2022 earnings release.

A copy of the news release announcing Ms. Alexander's election is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


  (d)     The following exhibits are furnished as part of this report:
Description
     99.1                 News Release Dated October 26, 2021
     104                Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
                        document)

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