---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-26-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CALM"
cik: "0000016160"
company_name: "CAL-MAINE FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:58:42.376864+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cal-Maine Foods appoints Dudley Wooley to board; succeeds deceased director Jim Poole

## Summary
- Appointed Dudley D. Wooley as independent Class III director effective March 31, 2026, succeeding Jim Poole who passed away.
- Mr. Wooley receives $45k annual retainer and $100k restricted stock grant vesting Jan 12, 2029.
- He is CEO of Ross & Yerger Insurance; brings risk management and governance expertise.
- Mr. Wooley joins the Board's Compensation, Audit, and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-26-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CALM
- cik: 0000016160
- company_name: CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276226000048/0001562762-26-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276226000048/8k20260331.htm

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