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Middleby Corp filings document the company's public disclosures as a Nasdaq-listed manufacturer of commercial foodservice and food processing equipment. Its Form 8-K reports cover operating results, financial-condition updates, capital-structure information, credit-agreement leverage measures, and material corporate events tied to its equipment businesses.
Middleby's proxy and governance filings describe shareholder voting matters, board composition, executive appointments, compensation arrangements, bylaw amendments, and related governance procedures. The filings also identify its common stock under ticker MIDD and provide formal records for business descriptions, financial exhibits, and corporate actions affecting the company's reporting and governance profile.
Middleby Corp/The reports a 13G filing showing Vanguard Capital Management beneficially owns 2,408,209 shares of Common Stock, representing 5.10% of the class. The filing states Vanguard has sole dispositive power over 2,408,209 shares and sole voting power for 355,580 shares. The filing is signed by Ashley Grim on 04/30/2026.
The Middleby Corporation is asking stockholders to elect eleven directors, approve executive pay on an advisory basis, and ratify Ernst & Young LLP as auditor at its May 19, 2026 virtual annual meeting. The record date is March 20, 2026, and voting can be done online, by phone, mail, or during the meeting.
The board remains majority independent with a separate independent chairman and fully independent key committees. Middleby highlights a portfolio transformation that includes selling 51% of its Residential Kitchen business at an $885 million enterprise valuation, generating about $565 million of cash and supporting $710 million of share repurchases in 2025, which reduced the share count by roughly 9%.
Long-term incentives for executives are mostly performance-based, tied to adjusted EPS growth, return on invested capital, and a total shareholder return modifier, while 2025 annual bonuses for named executives paid out at 0% of target due to below-goal EBITDA results. The company emphasizes robust governance practices, stock ownership guidelines, a clawback policy, and expanding sustainability metrics on energy use, emissions, water, waste, safety, and community engagement.
The Middleby Corporation announced that Amy Campbell will become Chief Financial Officer of its Food Processing business once that business is separated into an independent public company in the second quarter of 2026. She joins Middleby immediately to prepare for the transition.
This appointment completes the executive leadership team for the Food Processing business, led by future CEO Mark Salman, with Mark Bowie as Chief Operating Officer, Matt Fuchsen as Chief Strategy Officer and Rob Fagan leading Investor Relations and FP&A. The spin-off is described as part of Middleby’s strategic portfolio transformation to create three focused, industry-leading businesses and allow the Food Processing business to pursue its own capital allocation strategy and growth initiatives.
The Vanguard Group filed an amendment to its Schedule 13G reporting no beneficial ownership of Middleby Corp common stock. The filing explains an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026 that led certain Vanguard subsidiaries to report ownership separately; the amendment is signed on 03/27/2026.
The Middleby Corporation announced a leadership transition in its finance organization. The board appointed long-time executive Brittany Cerwin as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. She has been with Middleby since 2011 and most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer, overseeing financial reporting across all business units.
Former CFO Bryan Mittelman moved to a Special Advisor role to the CEO, focusing on completing Middleby’s portfolio transformation, including the planned spin-off of the Food Processing business, which is expected by the end of the second quarter of 2026. Under a transition and separation agreement, he will receive his current annual base salary of $566,500 during the advisory period, a one-time bonus of $283,250 after it ends, and eligibility for severance equal to twelve months of base salary plus pro-rata vesting of certain equity awards and continued health coverage premiums, subject to releases and restrictive covenants through March 15, 2028.
Middleby Corp Chief Accounting Officer Brittany C. Cerwin reported compensation-related stock activity. She acquired 1,807 shares of common stock upon vesting of performance-based PSUs awarded on August 9, 2023, and 801 shares were surrendered at a price of $143.08 per share to cover tax liabilities, leaving her with 21,103 shares directly owned.
Middleby Corp Chief Development Officer Matthew R. Fuchsen reported equity compensation activity involving common stock. He received 2,345 shares on March 13, 2026 from the vesting of performance-based PSUs originally awarded on August 9, 2023, at no purchase price. To cover associated tax obligations from this vesting, 688 shares were surrendered back to the company at a price of $143.08 per share. After these compensation-related transactions, Fuchsen directly holds 41,600 shares of Middleby common stock.
Middleby Corp executive James K. Pool III reported a stock-based compensation event. On March 13, 2026, he acquired 4,130 shares of Middleby common stock at no cost through the vesting of performance-based PSUs awarded on August 9, 2023.
To cover related tax obligations, 1,626 shares were surrendered at a price of $143.08 per share, a disposition categorized as a tax-withholding transaction rather than an open-market sale. After these transactions, he directly holds 56,406 common shares.
Middleby Corp Chief Commercial Officer Steve Spittle reported routine equity compensation activity. He acquired 4,130 shares of Common Stock on March 13, 2026 at no cost, representing performance-based PSUs that vested from an award granted on August 9, 2023.
To cover related tax obligations, 1,626 shares were surrendered at a price of $143.08 per share, a tax-withholding disposition rather than an open-market sale. After these transactions, Spittle directly owned 54,591 shares of Middleby common stock.
MIDDLEBY Corp Chief Financial Officer Bryan E. Mittelman reported equity compensation activity involving company common stock. He acquired 3,012 shares at no cost upon vesting of performance-based PSUs that were originally awarded on August 9, 2023. To cover related tax obligations, 1,335 shares were surrendered back to the company at a price of $143.08 per share, a non-market tax-withholding disposition rather than an open-market sale. After these transactions, Mittelman directly holds 44,440 shares of MIDDLEBY common stock.