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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001866581-24-000197"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BROS"
cik: "0001866581"
company_name: "Dutch Bros Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:55:29.145008+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dutch Bros appoints restaurant veteran G.J. Hart to Board as independent director

## Summary
- Gerard J. Hart appointed to Dutch Bros Board as independent director and Chair of Compensation Committee, effective June 3, 2024.
- Hart brings 40 years of restaurant experience, including CEO roles at Red Robin, California Pizza Kitchen, Torchy's Tacos, and Texas Roadhouse.
- Hart currently serves as President & CEO of Red Robin (NASDAQ: RRGB) and on board of Portillo's (PTLO).
- No arrangements or transactions requiring disclosure under Item 404(a); Hart qualifies as independent under NYSE rules.
- Hart will receive standard non-employee director compensation including cash retainers and equity grants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001866581-24-000197
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BROS
- cik: 0001866581
- company_name: Dutch Bros Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866581/000186658124000197/0001866581-24-000197-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866581/000186658124000197/bros-20240531.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001866581-24-000197.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerard J. Hart was appointed as Director and Chair of Compensation Committee at Dutch Bros Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director and Chair of Compensation Committee
  source text: Effective June 3, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dutch Bros Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) appointed Gerard J. Hart to fill a vacancy on the Board and to serve as a member of the Board until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866581/000186658124000197/0001866581-24-000197-index.htm

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