secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Krispy Kreme, Inc. (DNUT)
CIK:        0001857154
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001857154-25-000136
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Krispy Kreme appoints Joseph Esposito as CAO; Kelly McBride resigns
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- Kelly McBride resigns as Chief Accounting Officer effective Sept 12, 2025 to pursue another opportunity; no disagreement with company.
- Joseph Esposito appointed Chief Accounting Officer effective Sept 15, 2025; previously VP Global Tax at Krispy Kreme.
- Esposito's compensation: $300,000 base salary, 45% target bonus, $200,000 LTI target for FY2026.
- Esposito receives one-time award: 40,000 stock options, 20,000 RSUs, 20,000 PSUs with multi-year vesting.
- Esposito holds CPA (NC, SC) and Master of Accountancy from Univ. of South Carolina.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715425000136/0001857154-25-000136-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715425000136/dnut-20250828.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857154-25-000136

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