---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857154-23-000080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNUT"
cik: "0001857154"
company_name: "Krispy Kreme, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T15:44:30.866940+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Krispy Kreme shareholders elect 11 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; Michael Tattersfield received 105.9M votes for, 212K against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 105.4M for, 701.7K against.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for FY2023 approved with 125.4M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857154-23-000080
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNUT
- cik: 0001857154
- company_name: Krispy Kreme, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000080/0001857154-23-000080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000080/dnut-20230622.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Krispy Kreme, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023. FOR AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES 125,442,217 33,954 45,336 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000080/0001857154-23-000080-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Krispy Kreme, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Proposal 2: Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation The Company's stockholders approved an advisory resolution regarding the Company's executive compensation. FOR AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES 105,400,863 701,697 21,792 19,397,155
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000080/0001857154-23-000080-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Krispy Kreme, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors The Company's stockholders elected 11 directors to hold office for a one-year term and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. NOMINEE FOR AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES Michael Tattersfield 105,897,491 211,971 14,890 19,397,155 Olivier Goudet 102,821,101 3,289,170 14,081 19,397,155 Marissa Andrada 101,757,473 3,826,040 540,839 19,397,155 David Bell 104,974,603 1,135,166 14,583 19,397,155 David Deno 105,960,897 149,947 13,508 19,397,155 Paul Michaels 105,905,895 204,037 14,420 19,397,155 Gerhard Pleuhs 105,941,272 123,934 59,146 19,397,155 Debbie Roberts 104,967,808 1,100,576 55,968 19,397,155 Lubomira Rochet 104,958,974 1,149,210 16,168 19,397,155 Philip Telfer 106,059,784 50,673 13,895 19,397,155 Michelle Weese 105,908,509 158,245 57,598 19,397,155
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000080/0001857154-23-000080-index.htm

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