{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001628280-25-003396","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"PLAY","cik":"0001525769","company_name":"Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.","filed_at":"2025-02-03T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:03.883438+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-27T03:58:05.406749+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.65,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.65,"confidence":"high","headline":"Dave & Buster's appoints Scott Ross (Hill Path Capital) to Board; enters voting agreement","bullets":["Scott Ross, Managing Partner of Hill Path Capital, appointed to Board effective Jan 30, 2025.","Board expanded to 8 directors; Ross serves on Nominating/Governance and Finance Committees.","Hill Path agrees to vote its shares in favor of Company's director nominees and proposals at 2025 annual meeting.","Hill Path restricted from transferring voting rights on its shares until after 2025 annual meeting.","Letter Agreement amends 2022 Cooperation Agreement's 'Restricted Period' definition."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-003396","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-003396.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-003396.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-003396.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025003396/0001628280-25-003396-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025003396/play-20250203.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-27T03:58:05.406749+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"9bfc8ad626","claim":"Scott I. Ross was appointed as Director at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On January 30, 2025, the Board appointed Scott I. Ross, 44, to the Board and to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Finance Committee of the Board, in each case effective January 30, 2025","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025003396/0001628280-25-003396-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}