---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-014741"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RMCF"
cik: "0001616262"
company_name: "Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T02:45:42.138933+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Elisabeth Charles to retire at 2022 annual meeting; Jeffrey Geygan elected Chair

## Summary
- Elisabeth Charles will not stand for reelection and will retire effective at the conclusion of the 2022 Annual Meeting.
- Charles stepped down as Chair of the Board immediately; Board unanimously elected Jeffrey Geygan as successor Chair.
- Charles' decision to retire was for personal reasons and not due to any disagreement with the Company.
- The Company intends to file a proxy statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting; stockholders urged to read it.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-014741
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RMCF
- cik: 0001616262
- company_name: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000143774922014741/0001437749-22-014741-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000143774922014741/rmcfd20220609_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-014741.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elisabeth Charles retired as Chair of the Board and Director at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chair of the Board and Director
  source text: Elisabeth Charles notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (the “Company”) of her intent to not stand for reelection at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and to retire effective as of the the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000143774922014741/0001437749-22-014741-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Geygan was elected as Chair of the Board at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: the Board unanimously elected Jeffrey Geygan to succeed Ms. Charles as Chair.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000143774922014741/0001437749-22-014741-index.htm

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