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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Effective August 18, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Twin Hospitality Group Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Andrew Wiederhorn as a director of the Company to fill a vacancy on the Board, for a term expiring at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Wiederhorn was also appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Wiederhorn, age 59, is the founder and Chairman of the Company’s parent company, FAT Brands Inc. (“FAT Brands”), and served as President and CEO of FAT Brands from March 2017 until May 2023. Mr. Wiederhorn received his B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California in 1987, with an emphasis in Finance and Entrepreneurship.
Mr. Wiederhorn will receive standard compensation payable to non-employee directors of the Company, consisting of $100,000 in annual cash compensation and an annual award of stock options for 10,000 shares. In addition, Mr. Wiederhorn has been providing consulting services to the Company since its spin-off as a separate publicly traded company in January 2025, and received an award of restricted stock for 300,000 shares of Common Stock for such services from the Company’s Management Equity Plan.
In addition, Mr. Wiederhorn’s adult children, Thayer Wiederhorn (Chief Operating Officer of FAT Brands), Taylor Wiederhorn (Chief Development Officer of FAT Brands), and Mason Wiederhorn (Chief Brand Officer of FAT Brands), have each been providing consulting services to the Company since its spin-off, and each of them received an award of restricted stock for 200,000 shares for such services from the Company’s Management Equity Plan. Andrew Wiederhorn does not have any interest in such awards nor does he share a household with any of those individuals.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Twin Hospitality Group Inc. | ||
| Date: | August 22, 2025 | /s/ Kenneth J. Kuick |
| Kenneth J. Kuick | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||