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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001524931-24-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001524931"
company_name: "CHUY'S HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:08:04.927859+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chuy's Holdings appoints Nancy Freda-Smith to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Nancy Freda-Smith appointed as Class III director, term expiring at 2024 annual meeting.
- Also appointed to Audit Committee; Board determined she is independent under Nasdaq rules.
- Standard indemnification agreement and non-employee director compensation apply.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001524931-24-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001524931
- company_name: CHUY'S HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524931/000152493124000057/0001524931-24-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524931/000152493124000057/chuy-20240501.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001524931-24-000057
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001524931-24-000057.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001524931-24-000057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nancy Freda-Smith was appointed as Class III Director at CHUY'S HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On May 1, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Nancy Freda-Smith to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524931/000152493124000057/0001524931-24-000057-index.htm

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