---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857154-22-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNUT"
cik: "0001857154"
company_name: "Krispy Kreme, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T21:04:32.811615+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Krispy Kreme receives Nasdaq non-compliance notice for majority independent directors

## Summary
- Director Henry Yeagley resigned June 30, 2022; no disagreement with company.
- Gerhard Pleuhs elected to Board effective June 30, 2022, joining Audit & Finance and Remuneration & Nomination committees.
- Board lost majority independent directors after Carl Lee's term ended May 17, 2022; one-year IPO grace period expired July 1, 2022.
- Nasdaq notified non-compliance with Listing Rule 5605(b)(1) on July 6, 2022; cure period runs until next annual meeting or May 17, 2023.
- Company expects to regain compliance within cure period; all other Nasdaq standards met.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857154-22-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNUT
- cik: 0001857154
- company_name: Krispy Kreme, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000086/0001857154-22-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000086/dnut-20220629.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerhard Pleuhs was elected as Director at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 30, 2022, Gerhard Pleuhs was elected to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000086/0001857154-22-000086-index.htm
- Executive change
  Henry Yeagley resigned as Director at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 29, 2022, Henry Yeagley, a member of the Krispy Kreme, Inc. (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”), submitted his resignation to Catherine Tang, the Company’s Corporate Secretary.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000086/0001857154-22-000086-index.htm

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