---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001772016-23-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRBR"
cik: "0001772016"
company_name: "BELLRING BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T21:18:20.108344+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BellRing Executive Chairman Rob Vitale takes unexpected medical leave; CEO Davenport becomes sole PEO

## Summary
- Robert V. Vitale, Executive Chairman, began unexpected medical leave effective November 6, 2023.
- President and CEO Darcy H. Davenport becomes sole principal executive officer of BellRing.
- No timeline or details on Vitale's course of treatment or recovery at this time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001772016-23-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRBR
- cik: 0001772016
- company_name: BELLRING BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772016/000177201623000070/0001772016-23-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772016/000177201623000070/brbr-20231106.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001772016-23-000070
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001772016-23-000070.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001772016-23-000070.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Darcy H. Davenport changed role as Sole Principal Executive Officer at BELLRING BRANDS, INC..
  - Action: becomes sole principal executive officer
  - Role: Sole Principal Executive Officer
  source text: Darcy H. Davenport, the President and Chief Executive Officer of BellRing, will become the sole principal executive officer of BellRing.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772016/000177201623000070/0001772016-23-000070-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert V. Vitale departed as Executive Chair at BELLRING BRANDS, INC..
  - Action: taking an unexpected medical leave
  - Role: Executive Chair
  source text: Robert V. Vitale, the Executive Chair of the Board of Directors of BellRing, is taking an unexpected medical leave of absence.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772016/000177201623000070/0001772016-23-000070-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.