---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857154-25-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNUT"
cik: "0001857154"
company_name: "Krispy Kreme, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T20:42:47.032896+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Krispy Kreme appoints Nicola J. Steele as Chief Operating Officer effective March 3, 2025

## Summary
- Nicola J. Steele appointed COO; previously President of Krispy Kreme Australia/New Zealand.
- Annual base salary of $400,000; bonus target 70% of salary, maximum 200%.
- LTI target for FY2025: $400,000 in 50% RSUs and 50% PSUs.
- One-time RSU award of $400,000 on April 10, 2025, vesting over three years.
- Steele joined Krispy Kreme in 2006 as a crew member and holds a B.S. in Psychology.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857154-25-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNUT
- cik: 0001857154
- company_name: Krispy Kreme, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715425000020/0001857154-25-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715425000020/dnut-20250303.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857154-25-000020
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857154-25-000020.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857154-25-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nicola J. Steele was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Effective March 3, 2025, Nicola J. Steele, 38, has been appointed to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Krispy Kreme, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715425000020/0001857154-25-000020-index.htm

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