---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857154-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNUT"
cik: "0001857154"
company_name: "Krispy Kreme, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T08:53:20.465023+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Krispy Kreme director Carl Lee Jr. to depart; Marissa Andrada elected to board

## Summary
- Carl Lee Jr. will not stand for reelection at annual meeting; effective May 17, 2022.
- Board accelerated vesting of 28,079 restricted stock units for Lee effective May 17, 2022.
- Marissa Andrada elected to board effective Feb 9, 2022; appointed to Remuneration & Nomination Committee.
- Lee's departure not due to any disagreement with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857154-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNUT
- cik: 0001857154
- company_name: Krispy Kreme, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000004/0001857154-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000004/dnut-20220210.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857154-22-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carl Lee, Jr. departed as Director at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: will not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 9, 2022, Carl Lee, Jr., a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Krispy Kreme, Inc. (“the Company”), notified Michael Tattersfield, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, that he will not stand for reelection at the Annual Stockholders Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000004/0001857154-22-000004-index.htm
- Executive change
  Marissa Andrada was elected as Director at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 9, 2022, the Company elected Marissa Andrada to the Board of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000004/0001857154-22-000004-index.htm

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