---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857154-23-000096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNUT"
cik: "0001857154"
company_name: "Krispy Kreme, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:21:08.983702+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Krispy Kreme names Josh Charlesworth CEO effective Jan 1, 2024; Tattersfield to board & advisor

## Summary
- Josh Charlesworth (currently Global President & COO) becomes President & CEO as of Jan 1, 2024.
- Outgoing CEO Michael Tattersfield remains on board as Senior Advisor & Ambassador; receives $50k/month consulting fee.
- Charlesworth base salary $1M, target bonus 100% of base, annual RSU grant of $1M with service/performance vesting.
- Company reaffirms FY2023 guidance, trending toward middle to higher end of revenue and adjusted EBITDA ranges.
- Charlesworth also receives a matching award of 492,142 RSUs and 3,925 REUs in Insomnia Cookies Holdings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857154-23-000096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNUT
- cik: 0001857154
- company_name: Krispy Kreme, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000096/0001857154-23-000096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000096/dnut-20230922.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Tattersfield departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Michael Tattersfield, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, notified the Board that he will step down as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, effective December 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000096/0001857154-23-000096-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joshua Charlesworth was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Mr. Joshua Charlesworth to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of January 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000096/0001857154-23-000096-index.htm

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