---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-026082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FATAQ"
cik: "0001705012"
company_name: "Fat Brands, Inc"
filed_at: "2023-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T22:10:23.014384+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FAT Brands expands board to 12, appoints two new independent directors

## Summary
- Board increased from 11 to 12; Peter R. Feinstein and Matthew H. Green appointed effective July 25, 2023.
- Both new directors appointed to the Audit Committee; term expires at 2023 Annual Meeting.
- Feinstein is a retired CPA and part owner of two Fatburger franchises that paid Company $0.4M (2022) and $0.2M (2023YTD) in royalties.
- Green has over 30 years of merchant banking experience, focused on real estate, infrastructure, and energy.
- Standard non-employee director compensation: $120,000 annual cash plus options for 30,636 Class A shares vesting over three years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-026082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FATAQ
- cik: 0001705012
- company_name: Fat Brands, Inc
- filed_at: 2023-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223026082/0001493152-23-026082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223026082/form8-k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-026082
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-026082.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-026082.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter R. Feinstein was appointed as Director at Fat Brands, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective July 25, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of FAT Brands Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from eleven to twelve persons and appointed two new independent directors to fill the vacancies on the Board for a term expiring at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223026082/0001493152-23-026082-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew H. Green was appointed as Director at Fat Brands, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective July 25, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of FAT Brands Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from eleven to twelve persons and appointed two new independent directors to fill the vacancies on the Board for a term expiring at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223026082/0001493152-23-026082-index.htm

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