---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001214659-23-007497"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTIM"
cik: "0000825324"
company_name: "Good Times Restaurants Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T20:25:17.719170+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Good Times CFO Matthew Karnes resigns; CEO Zink takes interim role

## Summary
- Matthew Karnes, SVP of Finance and principal accounting officer, resigned effective June 13, 2023, to pursue another opportunity.
- CEO Ryan Zink will serve as interim principal financial officer and principal accounting officer pending a formal search.
- No replacement has been named; a formal search process will be initiated.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions between Zink and the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001214659-23-007497
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTIM
- cik: 0000825324
- company_name: Good Times Restaurants Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825324/000121465923007497/0001214659-23-007497-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825324/000121465923007497/x5182308k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-23-007497
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-23-007497.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-23-007497.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan M. Zink was appointed as interim Principal Financial Officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer at Good Times Restaurants Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Principal Financial Officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer
  source text: Until a successor is named for Mr. Karnes, Mr. Ryan M. Zink, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, will also serve as interim Principal Financial Officer including serving as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825324/000121465923007497/0001214659-23-007497-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Karnes resigned as Senior Vice President of Finance, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer at Good Times Restaurants Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President of Finance, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer
  source text: Matthew Karnes, Senior Vice President of Finance of Good Times Restaurants Inc. (the “Company”), the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, informed the Company on May 15, 2023, of his intent to resign from the Company, effective June 13, 2023, to pursue another opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825324/000121465923007497/0001214659-23-007497-index.htm

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