---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-021812"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAY"
cik: "0001525769"
company_name: "Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T22:39:21.446149+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dave & Buster’s announces three director exits, two new nominees; interim CEO gets equity incentives

## Summary
- Directors Michael Griffith, Gail Mandel, Jennifer Storms not standing for reelection at June 20 annual meeting.
- Board size reduced from 8 to 7; nominees Allen R. Weiss and Nathaniel J. Lipman proposed for election.
- Interim CEO Kevin Sheehan awarded 53,419 PSUs tied to same-store sales, options for 100k shares, and up to $500k discretionary stock bonus.
- New equity awards contingent on stockholder approval of 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan at annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-021812
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAY
- cik: 0001525769
- company_name: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025021812/0001628280-25-021812-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025021812/play-20250502.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-021812
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-021812.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jennifer Storms departed as Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc..
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  source text: On April 28, 2025, the following directors notified Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) of their decision to not stand for reelection to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders, to be held on June 20, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”): (i) Michael J. Griffith, Lead Independent Director and member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, (ii) Gail Mandel, member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and (iii) Jennifer Storms, chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025021812/0001628280-25-021812-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gail Mandel departed as Director at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc..
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 28, 2025, the following directors notified Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) of their decision to not stand for reelection to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders, to be held on June 20, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”): (i) Michael J. Griffith, Lead Independent Director and member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, (ii) Gail Mandel, member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and (iii) Jennifer Storms, chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025021812/0001628280-25-021812-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael J. Griffith departed as Lead Independent Director at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc..
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: On April 28, 2025, the following directors notified Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) of their decision to not stand for reelection to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders, to be held on June 20, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”): (i) Michael J. Griffith, Lead Independent Director and member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, (ii) Gail Mandel, member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and (iii) Jennifer Storms, chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828025021812/0001628280-25-021812-index.htm

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