---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000908315-26-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WINA"
cik: "0000908315"
company_name: "WINMARK CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:05:47.359115+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Winmark director Barbetta to retire in 2027; Hoppe elected to board

## Summary
- Lawrence A. Barbetta will not stand for re-election at April 2027 annual meeting due to term limits; he serves on Audit Committee.
- Board expanded from 7 to 8 directors; Stephanie S. Hoppe elected effective May 5, 2026.
- Hoppe appointed to Compensation and Nominating Committees; received option for 3,400 shares of common stock.
- Hoppe has 20+ years marketing leadership; currently VP Omnichannel Marketing at Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ: CASY).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000908315-26-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WINA
- cik: 0000908315
- company_name: WINMARK CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831526000021/0000908315-26-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831526000021/wina-20260505x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908315-26-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908315-26-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908315-26-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lawrence A. Barbetta departed as Director at WINMARK CORP.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Lawrence A. Barbetta, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Winmark Corporation (the “Company”) notified the Company that he will not stand for re-election at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on or about April 21, 2027, in accordance with the Company’s independent director term limits.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831526000021/0000908315-26-000021-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephanie S. Hoppe was elected as Director at WINMARK CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective May 5, 2026, the Board increased the number of authorized directors of the company from seven to eight and elected Stephanie S. Hoppe to serve on the Company’s Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831526000021/0000908315-26-000021-index.htm

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