---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-073741"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RMCF"
cik: "0001616262"
company_name: "Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-30T20:36:26+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T20:37:11.039927+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory appoints Al Harper as Interim CEO

## Summary
- Allen C. Harper appointed Interim CEO and Principal Executive Officer effective June 30, 2026.
- Harper is a former Board member with decades of executive leadership and franchising experience.
- Term is 180 days; company states no change to strategic direction or day-to-day operations.
- Chairman Mel Keating expressed confidence in Harper's ability to lead the next phase.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-073741
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RMCF
- cik: 0001616262
- company_name: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-30T20:36:26+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000121390026073741/0001213900-26-073741-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000121390026073741/ea0296585-8k_rocky.htm

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