---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-001527"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IMKTA"
cik: "0000050493"
company_name: "INGLES MARKETS INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T22:25:51.427596+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ingles Markets CFO Ron Freeman to retire effective February 16, 2022

## Summary
- CFO Ronald B. Freeman retiring effective Feb 16, 2022; he also will not stand for reelection to board.
- Board chair Robert P. Ingle II praised Freeman's 17-year tenure and the company's strong financial position.
- Freeman's retirement is not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Successor search begins immediately, considering both internal and external candidates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-001527
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IMKTA
- cik: 0000050493
- company_name: INGLES MARKETS INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000115752321001527/0001157523-21-001527-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000115752321001527/a52555618.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001527
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001527.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001527.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ronald B. Freeman retired as Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer at INGLES MARKETS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On December 27, 2021, Ronald B. Freeman, Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Ingles Markets, Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”), delivered notice of his retirement, effective February 16, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000115752321001527/0001157523-21-001527-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ronald B. Freeman departed as Director at INGLES MARKETS INC.
  - Action: not standing for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: Concurrently with his notice of retirement, Mr. Freeman notified the Company that he would not stand for reelection as a director at the Company’s next Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is currently scheduled for February 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000115752321001527/0001157523-21-001527-index.htm

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