---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-020599"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNK"
cik: "0001385280"
company_name: "Cinemark Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T07:07:37.267500+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Founder Lee Roy Mitchell steps down as Executive Chairman; Carlos Sepulveda becomes Chairman

## Summary
- Mitchell resigned as Executive Chairman effective May 19, 2022, remains on the Board.
- Carlos Sepulveda, Lead Director since 2016, elected Chairman of the Board.
- Mitchell entered a termination agreement relinquishing rights under his employment agreement.
- Stockholders at the annual meeting reelected all four Class III directors, ratified Deloitte as auditor, and approved advisory say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-020599
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNK
- cik: 0001385280
- company_name: Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1385280/000114036122020599/0001140361-22-020599-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1385280/000114036122020599/brhc10038012_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-020599.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lee Roy Mitchell resigned as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Cinemark Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: On May 19, 2022, Lee Roy Mitchell, the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cinemark Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), tendered his resignation from his position as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1385280/000114036122020599/0001140361-22-020599-index.htm
- Executive change
  Carlos Sepulveda was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Cinemark Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: Carlos Sepulveda, Lead Director for the Company since 2016, was elected by the Board of Directors to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective May 19, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1385280/000114036122020599/0001140361-22-020599-index.htm

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