---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-017041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RMCF"
cik: "0001616262"
company_name: "Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T23:09:57.314170+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RMCF interim CEO Starlette B. Johnson resigns; Chairman Jeffrey R. Geygan appointed interim CEO

## Summary
- Starlette B. Johnson resigned as Interim CEO effective May 13, 2024; not due to disagreement with Company or Board.
- Board appointed Chairman Jeffrey R. Geygan as Interim CEO effective May 14, 2024; he will also serve as principal executive officer.
- Geygan removed from Audit, Risk & Security, and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees per Nasdaq rules.
- Board continues executive search for a permanent CEO; no employment agreement with Geygan yet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-017041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RMCF
- cik: 0001616262
- company_name: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000143774924017041/0001437749-24-017041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000143774924017041/rmcfd20240514_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Starlette B. Johnson resigned as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 13, 2024, Starlette B. Johnson, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (the “Company”) and member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), resigned from her position as Interim Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000143774924017041/0001437749-24-017041-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey R. Geygan was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 14, 2024, the Board appointed Jeffrey R. Geygan, Chairman of the Board, as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000143774924017041/0001437749-24-017041-index.htm

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