---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857154-22-000102"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNUT"
cik: "0001857154"
company_name: "Krispy Kreme, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-09-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T09:12:38.042857+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Krispy Kreme adds director Philip Telfer; Capel and Dokmecioglu resign

## Summary
- Philip Telfer elected to Board effective Sept 15, 2022; will serve on Audit & Finance Committee.
- Patricia Capel and Ozan Dokmecioglu resigned from Board effective Sept 15, 2022; no disagreement.
- Board now has 6 independent and 5 non-independent directors; independent majority achieved.
- Shareholders approved advisory vote on executive compensation to be held annually.
- Telfer is independent under Nasdaq rules; no material transactions with company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857154-22-000102
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNUT
- cik: 0001857154
- company_name: Krispy Kreme, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000102/0001857154-22-000102-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000102/dnut-20220914.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857154-22-000102.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patricia Capel resigned as Director at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 14, 2022, Patricia Capel and Ozan Dokmecioglu, both members of the Board, notified Michael Tattersfield, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, of their resignation from the Board, to be effective on September 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000102/0001857154-22-000102-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ozan Dokmecioglu resigned as Director at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 14, 2022, Patricia Capel and Ozan Dokmecioglu, both members of the Board, notified Michael Tattersfield, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, of their resignation from the Board, to be effective on September 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000102/0001857154-22-000102-index.htm
- Executive change
  Philip Telfer was elected as Director at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 15, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Krispy Kreme, Inc. (“the Company”) elected Philip Telfer to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715422000102/0001857154-22-000102-index.htm

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