---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001214659-21-009467"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTIM"
cik: "0000825324"
company_name: "Good Times Restaurants Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T04:00:58.560687+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Good Times Restaurants appoints CEO Ryan Zink to board; Stetson to not seek re-election

## Summary
- Ryan Zink, President and CEO since April 2020, appointed to the Board effective September 9, 2021.
- Board expands from four to five members; Zink receives no additional compensation as director.
- Robert Stetson notified he will not stand for re-election at the 2022 Annual Meeting, no disagreement cited.
- Chairman Bailey cited Zink's pandemic leadership and improved operating results as reasons for appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001214659-21-009467
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTIM
- cik: 0000825324
- company_name: Good Times Restaurants Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825324/000121465921009467/0001214659-21-009467-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825324/000121465921009467/p8132118k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-21-009467
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-21-009467.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-21-009467.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert J. Stetson departed as Director at Good Times Restaurants Inc..
  - Action: not to stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also on September 9, 2021, Robert J. Stetson notified the Company of his intention not to stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (but will continue to serve as a director through the annual meeting).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825324/000121465921009467/0001214659-21-009467-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ryan M. Zink was appointed as Director at Good Times Restaurants Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective September 9, 2021, Ryan M. Zink, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825324/000121465921009467/0001214659-21-009467-index.htm

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