---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-019227"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRUS"
cik: "0001772177"
company_name: "KURA SUSHI USA, INC."
filed_at: "2022-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T06:04:25.118613+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kura Sushi names Jeff Uttz, former Shake Shack CFO, as new CFO

## Summary
- Appointed Jeff Uttz as CFO effective Oct 3, 2022; previously CFO of Shake Shack (4 yrs) and Yard House (12 yrs).
- Employment terms: $350k base salary, $75k signing bonus, annual cash bonus, equity awards, and severance provisions.
- Severance: lump sum equal to base salary (half if before Oct 2025), COBRA reimbursement up to 12 months (6 if before Oct 2025).
- Press release issued Oct 3, 2022; board also adopted form of RSU award agreement under 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-019227
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRUS
- cik: 0001772177
- company_name: KURA SUSHI USA, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000095017022019227/0000950170-22-019227-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000095017022019227/krus-20220929.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-019227
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-019227.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-019227.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey J. Uttz was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at KURA SUSHI USA, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the board of directors (the “Board”) of Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Jeffrey J. Uttz, age 53, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of October 3, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000095017022019227/0000950170-22-019227-index.htm

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