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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-115689"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHAK"
cik: "0001620533"
company_name: "Shake Shack Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T16:56:12.598489+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Katherine Fogertey to resign effective March 4, 2026; guidance reaffirmed

## Summary
- CFO Katherine Fogertey to resign March 4, 2026; she will serve as Senior Advisor immediately.
- Transition package includes $618,000 annual base salary through resignation, 100% of FY2025 bonus earned, and accelerated vesting of certain RSUs.
- Company establishes Office of the CFO and launches immediate search for new CFO; Fogertey's departure not due to any accounting or policy disagreement.
- Reiterates Q4 2025 revenue guidance of $406M-$412M and FY2025 Adjusted EBITDA of $210M-$215M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-115689
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHAK
- cik: 0001620533
- company_name: Shake Shack Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465925115689/0001104659-25-115689-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465925115689/tm2532117d1_8k.htm

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