---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857154-25-000064"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "DNUT"
cik: "0001857154"
company_name: "Krispy Kreme, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T05:12:18.789357+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Krispy Kreme nominates four new directors, including Bernardo Hees, for board refresh

## Summary
- New nominees: Bernardo Hees (ex-Kraft Heinz CEO), Patrick Grismer (ex-Starbucks CFO), Easwaran Sundaram, Gordon von Bretten.
- Annual meeting set for June 17, 2025; five current directors stand for reelection.
- Six directors not renominated: Olivier Goudet, David Bell, Paul Michaels, Debbie Roberts, Philip Telfer, Michelle Weese.
- Board to form Strategy & Operating Committee chaired by Hees; Hees personally invested in DNUT common stock.
- Hees has over 25 years in consumer goods and food retail, including CEO roles at Burger King and Heinz.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857154-25-000064
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: DNUT
- cik: 0001857154
- company_name: Krispy Kreme, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715425000064/0001857154-25-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715425000064/dnut-20250423.htm

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