---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058090-24-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMG"
cik: "0001058090"
company_name: "CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T07:06:14.691059+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chipotle accelerates CFO/CAO appointments to Oct 1; grants $23M retention awards to execs after CEO exit

## Summary
- Adam Rymer becomes CFO and Jamie McConnell becomes Chief Accounting & Admin Officer on Oct 1, 2024.
- Retention awards: $8M each for Boatwright/Hartung; $7M each for Garner/Brandt; $3M for Rymer; $1.5M for McConnell.
- Boatwright gets interim CEO base salary of $1M, 115% target bonus, and $3.5M RSU bridge grant vesting in one year.
- Hartung shifts to President & Chief Strategy Officer indefinitely; his $8M award continues vesting after one year.
- Rymer gets CFO base salary of $650K, 90% target bonus, and $750K RSU grant vesting over 2-3 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058090-24-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMG
- cik: 0001058090
- company_name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000039/0001058090-24-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000039/cmg-20240822.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-24-000039.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Boatwright was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Chipotle’s Board of Directors appointed Scott Boatwright as Interim Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000039/0001058090-24-000039-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jack Hartung was appointed as President of Strategy, Finance and Supply Chain at CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President of Strategy, Finance and Supply Chain
  source text: Jack Hartung as President of Strategy, Finance and Supply Chain
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000039/0001058090-24-000039-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jamie McConnell was appointed as Chief Accounting and Administrative Officer at CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting and Administrative Officer
  source text: Jamie McConnell’s appointment as Chief Accounting and Administrative Officer, to October 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000039/0001058090-24-000039-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adam Rymer was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: advanced the date of Mr. Rymer’s appointment as Chief Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000039/0001058090-24-000039-index.htm

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