Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement The Stewardship Framework Agreement (the "Stewardship Framework Agreement"), datedOctober 6, 2019 , betweenAramark (the "Company") andMR BridgeStone Advisor LLC ("Mantle Ridge "), on behalf of itself and its affiliated funds (such funds, together withMantle Ridge , collectively the "Mantle Ridge Group ") provides that the parties will enter into a customary and reasonable registration rights agreement, which agreement was completed and entered into onDecember 14, 2020 (the "Registration Rights Agreement"). The Registration Rights Agreement entitles theMantle Ridge Group to certain demand and "piggy- back" registration rights with respect to securities of the Company that they hold. In addition, the Company is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to file and maintain a shelf registration statement covering the shares beneficially owned by theMantle Ridge Group . The Company is also required to pay registration fees and certain expenses of theMantle Ridge Group relating to such registrations and indemnify theMantle Ridge Group for certain liabilities under the federal and state securities laws. The above summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year OnDecember 10, 2020 , the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") approved an amendment to the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (as amended, the "Amended and Restated By-laws") to increase the limit on the size of the Board until the end of the Company's fiscal year endingSeptember 30, 2022 from eleven to twelve directors in order to accommodate the election to the Board at the Company's 2021 annual meeting of stockholders of a twelfth, unanimously supported director candidate. OnDecember 14, 2020 the Company also entered into a corresponding amendment to the Stewardship Framework Agreement to similarly increase the limit on the size of the Board untilOctober 6, 2022 from eleven to twelve directors. The above summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated By-laws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 9.01. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits (d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this report: Exhibit No. Description 3.1 Amended and Restated By-Laws of Aramark, dated December 10, 2020 . 10.1 Registration Rights Agreement by and between MR BridgeStone Advisor LLC ("Mantle Ridge"), on behalf of itself and its affiliated funds, dated December 14 , 2020. 104 Cover Page Interactive Date File (embedded within the Inline XRBL document)
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