---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-043599"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNK"
cik: "0001385280"
company_name: "Cinemark Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T06:42:44.954467+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cinemark founder Lee Roy Mitchell resigns from board; son Kevin Mitchell appointed

## Summary
- Lee Roy Mitchell, Cinemark founder, resigned from board effective Feb 15, 2023, after nearly 40 years of service.
- Kevin Mitchell, his son, appointed to fill the vacancy as Class III director with term expiring at 2025 annual meeting.
- Kevin Mitchell has over 35 years in theatrical exhibition; founded and sold ShowBiz Cinemas in Dec 2021.
- Lee Roy Mitchell directly and indirectly owns approximately 8.5% of Cinemark common stock.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with company operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-043599
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNK
- cik: 0001385280
- company_name: Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-21T23:59:59+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/1385280/000119312523043599/0001193125-23-043599-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1385280/000119312523043599/d370144d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-043599
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-043599.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin Mitchell was appointed as Class III Director at Cinemark Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On February 15, 2023, the Board appointed Kevin Mitchell to fill such vacancy, effective immediately, as a Class III Director, with a term expiring at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1385280/000119312523043599/0001193125-23-043599-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lee Roy Mitchell resigned as Class III Director at Cinemark Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On February 15, 2023, Lee Roy Mitchell, the founder of Cinemark Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and a Class III Director, with a term expiring at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, tendered his resignation from his position on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1385280/000119312523043599/0001193125-23-043599-index.htm

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