Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 10, 2022, BARK, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its chief executive officer transition that included preliminary results for its fiscal third quarter ended December 31, 2021. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.



The information contained in this Item 2.02 and in the accompanying Exhibit 99.1
shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing,
unless expressly incorporated by specific reference in such filing.


Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Departure of Chief Executive Officer and Director

On January 10, 2022, Manish Joneja resigned as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO")
of the Company. Mr. Joneja also resigned on January 10, 2022 from his position
as a director of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"). Mr. Joneja
has informed the Board of Directors of his desire to resign in order to remain
closer to his family in Seattle.

In connection with Mr. Joneja's resignation, the Company has entered into a
release agreement with Mr. Joneja (the "Release Agreement"), to be effective as
of January 10, 2022, providing for a general release of claims against the
Company and its officers and directors as well as certain other standard
provisions in exchange for payment of severance benefits. In exchange for the
Release Agreement and Advisor Agreement described below, the Company will pay
Mr. Joneja 12 months of salary continuation payments totaling $525,000,
continuation of his health insurance benefits for up to 12 months and
continuation of executive coaching services for up to 12 months. In addition,
Mr. Joneja will be fully vested in an additional 1,624,183 stock option shares.
The Company has also entered into an advisor agreement with Mr. Joneja (the
"Advisor Agreement"), to be effective as of January 10, 2022, pursuant to which
Mr. Joneja will provide certain ongoing advisory services to the Company until
March 31, 2022. In exchange for services to be performed under the Advisor
Agreement, Mr. Joneja will have until June 30, 2023 to exercise all of his
vested stock option shares.

The above description is a summary of the Release Agreement and the Advisor
Agreement and does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Release
Agreement and the Advisor Agreement, which are filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit
10.2, respectively, with this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated
herein by reference.

Appointment of Chief Executive Officer



On January 10, 2022, the Board appointed Matt Meeker as Chief Executive Officer
of the Company. Mr. Meeker will also continue to serve as Executive Chairman of
the Board.

Mr. Meeker, age 48, is a co-founder of Barkbox, Inc. and was the Chief Executive
Officer of Barkbox, Inc. from its formation in October 2011 until September
2020. Mr. Meeker has served as director of Barkbox, Inc. since its formation,
served as Barkbox, Inc.'s Executive Chairman since September 2020, and served as
a director and Executive Chairman of BARK since the consummation of the business
combination of Barkbox, Inc. with Northern Star Acquisition Corp. in June 2021.
Prior to joining Barkbox, Inc., Mr. Meeker was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at
DogPatch Labs, a startup incubator run by Polaris Ventures from January 2011 to
April 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Meeker was an advisor at OpenSky from September
2009 to December 2010. He co-founded Meetup, a network of local communities that
meet offline about shared interests and passions, and worked there from December
2001 through December 2007. Mr. Meeker also serves as a Venture Partner at
Resolute VC. Mr. Meeker received his B.S.B, Marketing, Finance from the
University of Minnesota - Carlson School.

There are no family relationships between Mr. Meeker and any of the Company's
directors or executive officers and he has no direct or indirect material
interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K.


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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits



   Exhibit No.           Description
       10.1                Release Agreement between the Company and Manish

Joneja dated January 10,


                         2022.
       10.2                Advisory Agreement between the Company and

Manish Joneja dated January 10,


                         2022     (attached as Exhibit A to the Release Agreement)    .
       99.1                Press release dated as of     January 10    , 202    2
       104               Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within

the Inline XBRL document)

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