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): May 26, 2020

Zumiez Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

4001 204^th Street SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (425) 551-1500

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(d) Election of Director

On May 26, 2020, Zumiez Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Steve Louden to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Louden will serve as an independent Class I director, for a term expiring at the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Louden will serve on the Company’s Audit Committee and its Compensation Committee.

Steve Louden, age 48, is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Roku, Inc., where he has served in this role since June 2015. From May 2009 to June 2015, Mr. Louden served in various capacities at Expedia, Inc., an Internet travel company, including as its Vice President, Corporate Finance and most recently serving as its Treasurer. Prior to joining Expedia, Mr. Louden has also previously held finance, strategy and planning roles at Washington Mutual, Inc., McKinsey & Company and the Walt Disney Company, and began his career as a financial analyst with Merrill Lynch and Co., Inc. Mr. Louden holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Louden will receive the same compensation as other non-employee Company directors as described in the Company’s 2020 Proxy Statement under the heading “Director Compensation.”

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Louden and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Louden was selected as a director. There are no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transactions, with the Company to which Mr. Louden was or is to be a party, in which Mr. Louden, or any member of his immediate family, has a direct or indirect material interest. Mr. Louden has entered into the standard Company’ director indemnification agreement, whereby the Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold its directors harmless from and against losses and expenses incurred as a result of their board service, subject to the terms and conditions provided in the agreement.

SIGNATURE

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