---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-024763"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FATAQ"
cik: "0001705012"
company_name: "Fat Brands, Inc"
filed_at: "2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:46:40.548151+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FAT Brands appoints John C. Metz to Board of Directors, expanding to 11 members

## Summary
- Board increased from 10 to 11; Metz appointed to fill vacancy with term at 2023 Annual Meeting.
- Metz is experienced restaurant operator, owns ~70 franchised restaurants including Hurricane Dockside Grill.
- Standard non-employee director compensation: $120,000 annual cash + options for 30,636 Class A shares vesting over 3 years.
- Metz's RREMC Restaurants is a franchisee; paid $0.4M in royalties/marketing fees in 2022 and $0.2M in 2023 through date.
- Company also paid Metz $160,000 consulting fee in Jan 2022 for Native Grill & Wings acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-024763
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FATAQ
- cik: 0001705012
- company_name: Fat Brands, Inc
- filed_at: 2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223024763/0001493152-23-024763-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223024763/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-024763.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John C. Metz was appointed as Director at Fat Brands, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 11, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of FAT Brands Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from ten to eleven persons, and appointed John C. Metz to fill the vacancy on the Board with a term expiring at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223024763/0001493152-23-024763-index.htm

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