secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY)
CIK:        0001525769
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-04T20:31:36+00:00
Accession:  0001525769-26-000032
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Dave & Buster's CEO Tarun Lal retires; CFO Darin Harper appointed CEO
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- Tarun Lal retired as CEO effective Aug 3, 2026; CFO Darin Harper succeeds him as CEO and Board member.
- Harper receives $650K base salary, 100% target bonus, 115% LTIP target, and $6.5M one-time equity grant.
- Cory Hatton named interim CFO; receives $1M one-time equity grant; company searches for permanent CFO.
- Kevin Sheehan appointed Lead Independent Director; James Chambers appointed Chair of the Board.
- Lal will advise through Jan 2028; receives $85,833/month consulting fee and pro-rata bonus/equity acceleration.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000152576926000032/0001525769-26-000032-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000152576926000032/play-20260803.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001525769-26-000032

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