---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-078740"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NATH"
cik: "0000069733"
company_name: "NATHANS FAMOUS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T12:20:39.900889+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nathan's Famous appoints Joanne Podell to Board, amends by-laws on board size

## Summary
- Joanne Podell appointed independent Board member effective July 6, 2023.
- Podell is EVP at Cushman & Wakefield and brings substantial real estate expertise.
- By-laws amended: Board size set at no less than 3 and no more than 27 members.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-078740
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NATH
- cik: 0000069733
- company_name: NATHANS FAMOUS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69733/000110465923078740/0001104659-23-078740-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69733/000110465923078740/tm2320738d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-078740.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joanne Podell was appointed as Director at NATHANS FAMOUS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 6, 2023, the board of directors (the " Board ") of Nathan's Famous, Inc. (the " Company ") appointed Joanne Podell as an independent member of the Board effective July 6, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69733/000110465923078740/0001104659-23-078740-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  NATHANS FAMOUS, INC.: Amended Article II, Section 2 of By-Laws to set board size range from three to twenty-seven members (effective 2023-07-06).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-07-06
  source text: On July 6, 2023, the Company amended Article II, Section 2 of the Company’s By-Laws to provide that the members of the Board shall not be less than three nor more than twenty seven members as set forth in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69733/000110465923078740/0001104659-23-078740-index.htm

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