---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-030320"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IMKTA"
cik: "0000050493"
company_name: "INGLES MARKETS INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-14T20:15:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-14T20:17:35.122376+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ingles Markets elects Kevin Hefner to board; adopts amended bylaws; sets annual meeting date

## Summary
- Kevin Hefner, 53, elected director effective Sept 8, 2026 to fill vacancy; serves on Audit Committee and chairs Compensation & Governance Committee.
- Board adopted Amended & Restated Bylaws updating shareholder meeting procedures, director nominations, officer roles incl. Executive Chairman, and exclusive forum provisions.
- 2027 Annual Meeting set for March 2, 2027; shareholder proposals due Oct 19, 2026; director nominations due between Nov 2 and Dec 2, 2026.
- Proxy solicitation notice for non-company director nominees due by Jan 1, 2027 per Rule 14a-19.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-030320
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IMKTA
- cik: 0000050493
- company_name: INGLES MARKETS INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-14T20:15:45+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000143774926030320/0001437749-26-030320-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000143774926030320/imkta20260914_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-030320.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin Hefner was elected as Director at INGLES MARKETS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 8, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Ingles Markets, Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation (the “ Company ”), elected Kevin Hefner, 53, as a director to fill the vacancy on the Board created by the previously reported departure of Brenda S. Tudor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000143774926030320/0001437749-26-030320-index.htm

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