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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000852772-24-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000852772"
company_name: "DENNY'S Corp"
filed_at: "2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:40:23.503846+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Denny's appoints Hyatt CCO Mark Vondrasek to Board; enters 10b5-1 stock repurchase plan

## Summary
- Appointed Mark Vondrasek (Hyatt CCO) to board, effective June 3, 2024; receives $80K cash + $110K DSUs annually.
- Vondrasek brings 20+ years hospitality experience, previously SVP at Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
- Entered 10b5-1 stock repurchase plan for limited shares; runs June 17–Aug 1, 2024, under existing authorization.
- Board now has 8 directors; 56% people of color and 63% women.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000852772-24-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000852772
- company_name: DENNY'S Corp
- filed_at: 2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/852772/000085277224000054/0000852772-24-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/852772/000085277224000054/denn-20240529.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000852772-24-000054
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000852772-24-000054.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000852772-24-000054.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark R. Vondrasek was appointed as Director at DENNY'S Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 29, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Denny's Corporation (the "Company") appointed Mark R. Vondrasek to serve as a director of the Company, effective June 3, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/852772/000085277224000054/0000852772-24-000054-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.