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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 12, 2022

 

FAT Brands Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware   001-38250   82-1302696

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

9720 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500

Beverly Hills, CA

  90212
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (310) 319-1850

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock   FAT   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class B Common Stock   FATBB   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock   FATBP   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock   FATBW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 
 

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Effective July 12, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of FAT Brands Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Lynne L. Collier as an independent director of the Company to fill a vacancy on the Board. Ms. Collier will serve as a Class III director with a term expiring at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Ms. Collier is expected to serve on one or more committees of the Board, but the committee appointments have not yet been determined. Ms. Collier will receive standard compensation from the Company for non-employee directors, consisting of annual cash compensation of $80,000 plus $40,000 for service on Board committees, and an annual equity award of stock options to acquire 30,636 shares of Class A common stock of the Company vesting over three years.

 

The Board also elevated James C. Neuhauser, formerly an independent director on the Board, to the position of Executive Chairman of the Board, and appointed Edward H. Rensi as Vice Chairman of the Board. As Executive Chairman, Mr. Neuhauser will receive compensation consisting of annual salary of $550,000 and a discretionary annual bonus payable in cash and/or equity with an annual target of 100%-300% of base salary. Mr. Neuhauser will also receive an award of 100,000 shares of restricted Class A common stock, vesting over a three-year period.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

The Company issued a press release on July 13, 2022 announcing the matters discussed above, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01 in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of Regulation FD. The information in the attached press release is “furnished” and not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
99.1   Press release, dated July 13, 2022
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 18, 2022

 

  FAT Brands Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Kenneth J. Kuick
    Kenneth J. Kuick
    Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

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