FAT Brands Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Shareholder Director Nominations, Other Events
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Item 5.08. Shareholder Director Nominations.
(a) To the extent applicable, the information in Item 8.01 of this Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.08.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
The 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of FAT Brands Inc. (the “Company”) has been scheduled for December 24, 2024. The time and location of the Annual Meeting will be set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Since the date of the Annual Meeting will be more than 30 days from the anniversary of the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, stockholders of the Company who wish to have a proposal considered for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials for the Annual Meeting pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), must provide written notice to the Company at its corporate offices at FAT Brands Inc., 9720 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, Attention: Corporate Secretary, on or before November 27, 2024, which the Company has determined to be a reasonable time before it expects to begin to print and mail its proxy materials for the Annual Meeting. Stockholder proposals intended to be considered for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials for the Annual Meeting must comply with the deadline set forth above as well as all the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act.
Pursuant to the Company’s Bylaws, stockholders seeking to bring business before the Annual Meeting or to nominate candidates for election as directors at the Annual Meeting were required to deliver such proposals or nominations to the principal executive offices of the Company between August 16, 2024 and September 15, 2024, and also comply with the requirements of Delaware law, the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and the Company’ Bylaws, as applicable. No such proposals or nominations were received.
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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: November 22, 2024
| FAT Brands Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Kenneth J. Kuick | |
| Kenneth J. Kuick | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||