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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-094982"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MIDD"
cik: "0000769520"
company_name: "MIDDLEBY Corp"
filed_at: "2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T19:11:30.795336+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Middleby appoints former Labcorp CFO Glenn Eisenberg to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Eisenberg appointed effective March 1, 2026; Board expands to 12 members.
- He most recently served as EVP and CFO of Labcorp (NYSE: LH) until Dec 2024, and previously CFO of Timken (2002-2014).
- He will receive standard non-employee director compensation: annual cash retainer and restricted stock unit grant.
- Eisenberg joins the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws increase board size limit from 11 to 13 directors and update officer titles.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-094982
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MIDD
- cik: 0000769520
- company_name: MIDDLEBY Corp
- filed_at: 2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000119312526094982/0001193125-26-094982-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000119312526094982/d23716d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 996f57a05b81e24bf1bf8f3e4d4334aaeca9350a
  claim: MIDDLEBY Corp: Amended and restated bylaws to increase maximum board size from 11 to 13 directors and update officer titles and executive officer positions (effective 2026-03-05).
  evidence_excerpt: On March 5, 2026, the Board, in connection with the Board’s periodic review of corporate governance matters, adopted and approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws (as so amended and restated, the “Fifth Amended and Restated By-Laws”), effective immediately, in order to (1) increase the upper limit of the Board’s size from eleven (11) to thirteen (13) directors and (2) update officer titles and executive officer positions.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000119312526094982/0001193125-26-094982-index.htm

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