---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000248"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PZZA"
cik: "0000901491"
company_name: "PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T18:50:37.583295+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Papa John's COO C. Max Wetzel to resign effective March 17, 2023

## Summary
- C. Max Wetzel, EVP and COO, notified company on Feb. 6, 2023 of resignation.
- Resignation effective March 17, 2023; Wetzel leaves to become CEO at another company.
- No replacement named yet in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000248
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PZZA
- cik: 0000901491
- company_name: PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000115752323000248/0001157523-23-000248-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000115752323000248/a53313946.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000248
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000248.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000248.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  C. Max Wetzel resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On February 6, 2023, C. Max Wetzel, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Papa John’s International, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention to resign from his position with the Company, effective March 17, 2023, to assume a chief executive officer position with another company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000115752323000248/0001157523-23-000248-index.htm

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