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


                   of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective January 8, 2020, Wingstop Inc. (the "Company") appointed Mahesh Sadarangani to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Sadarangani, age 43, has served as the Company's Senior Vice President of Channel Strategy since July 2019. Prior to joining the Company, he was at CEC Entertainment from August 2014, where he served in various strategic initiative roles with increasing responsibility until he was named Chief Administrative Officer in February 2018. He also served as President of Peter Piper Pizza, one of two divisions of CEC Entertainment, from September 2018 until July 2019. Prior to his time with CEC Entertainment, Mr. Sadarangani served in various management and operational positions with brands such as FedEx Kinko's, Cardinal Logistics, Reddy Ice, and TXU Energy. Mr. Sadarangani is eligible to participate in all benefit programs offered by the Company to similarly situated executives, including participation in the Company's Executive Severance Plan. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Sadarangani and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. In addition, since January 1, 2019, there have been no transactions, and there are no currently proposed transactions, to which the Company was or is a participant and in which Mr. Sadarangani had or is to have a direct or indirect material interest that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. On January 8, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Sadarangani. A copy of the press release has been filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.




Item 9.01.         Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)                Exhibits
99.1                 Press release, dated January 8, 2020.
104                Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document)

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                                   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.


                                    Wingstop Inc.

   Date:   January 8, 2020      By: /s/ Michael J. Skipworth
                                    Chief Financial Officer
                                    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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