---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-023346"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RMCF"
cik: "0001616262"
company_name: "Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T17:00:54.664768+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 Carrie E. Cass as CFO

## Summary
- Appointment effective August 5, 2024; Cass previously CEO of Ballantine Communications.
- Base salary of $200,000 with annual target bonus of 50% of base salary.
- Equity incentive grant of $140,000 in RSUs (60% performance-based, 40% time-based).
- Time-based RSUs vest over 2.5 years; performance-based RSUs vest based on targets by FY 2027.
- Press release issued July 23, 2024; Cass holds CPA, BS from California State University Northridge.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-023346
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RMCF
- cik: 0001616262
- company_name: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000143774924023346/0001437749-24-023346-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000143774924023346/rmcfd20240724_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-023346.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carrie E. Cass was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Carrie E. Cass as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to be effective on August 5, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616262/000143774924023346/0001437749-24-023346-index.htm

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