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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001702744-24-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMPL"
cik: "0001702744"
company_name: "Simply Good Foods Co"
filed_at: "2024-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T19:43:41.926949+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Simply Good Foods eliminates Chief Growth Officer role; Linda Zink to depart September 1, 2024

## Summary
- Role of Chief Growth Officer eliminated; responsibilities realigned to other senior management.
- Linda Zink, current Chief Growth Officer and NEO, will depart effective September 1, 2024.
- Zink will receive benefits under the company's Second Amended and Restated Executive Severance Plan.
- Compensation Committee accelerated vesting of 9,944 time-based RSUs to September 1, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001702744-24-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMPL
- cik: 0001702744
- company_name: Simply Good Foods Co
- filed_at: 2024-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702744/000170274424000050/0001702744-24-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702744/000170274424000050/smpl-20240717.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001702744-24-000050
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001702744-24-000050.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001702744-24-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Linda M. Zink departed as Chief Growth Officer at Simply Good Foods Co.
  - Action: depart
  - Role: Chief Growth Officer
  source text: Ms. Linda M. Zink, currently the Chief Growth Officer and a named executive officer, will depart the Company effective September 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702744/000170274424000050/0001702744-24-000050-index.htm

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