---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-21-026235"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FATAQ"
cik: "0001705012"
company_name: "Fat Brands, Inc"
filed_at: "2021-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T18:29:14.148748+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FAT Brands appoints two new directors; shareholders approve equity plan increase and auditor ratification

## Summary
- Amy V. Forrestal appointed as Class II director, term expiring at 2022 Annual Meeting.
- Kenneth J. Anderson appointed as Class I director, term expiring at 2024 Annual Meeting.
- New directors receive $80k annual cash, $40k committee cash, and options for 30,636 shares vesting over 3 years.
- Shareholders approved increase in shares issuable under 2017 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan: 1.9B for, 2.8M against.
- Shareholders ratified Baker Tilly as independent auditor for fiscal 2021: 2.17B for, 469k against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-21-026235
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FATAQ
- cik: 0001705012
- company_name: Fat Brands, Inc
- filed_at: 2021-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315221026235/0001493152-21-026235-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315221026235/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-026235.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Amy V. Forrestal was appointed as Director at Fat Brands, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 19, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of FAT Brands Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Amy V. Forrestal and Kenneth J. Anderson as directors of the Company, effective on such date, to fill existing vacancies on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315221026235/0001493152-21-026235-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kenneth J. Anderson was appointed as Director at Fat Brands, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 19, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of FAT Brands Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Amy V. Forrestal and Kenneth J. Anderson as directors of the Company, effective on such date, to fill existing vacancies on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315221026235/0001493152-21-026235-index.htm

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