Kura Sushi USA Appoints Kim Ellis to the Board of Directors
November 20, 2019 at 02:49 am IST
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On November 13, 2019, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kura Sushi USA, Inc. expanded the size of the Board from four to five directors, and appointed Kim Ellis as a member of the Board to fill the vacant seat. Ms. Ellis will commence her service on the Board effective as of December 1, 2019 (the “Effective Date”) and shall continue to serve in such capacity until the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders or until her successor has been duly elected and qualified. In connection with her appointment, Ms. Ellis was also appointed to serve as a member of the Board’s Compensation Committee and Audit Committee commencing as of the Effective Date. The Board also intends to appoint her to the soon-to-be formed Strategy and Development Committee, commencing as of the Effective Date.
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (Kura Sushi) is a technology-enabled Japanese restaurant. Kura Sushi is engaged in serving Japanese cuisine through a sushi service model. Kura Sushi menu comprises nigiri, rolls, hand roll, gunkan, sides, noodles, and desserts. Its nigiri includes seared eel with miso cream cheese, albacore otoro, garlic ponzu salmon, salmon toro and yellowtail. Its rolls include caterpillar roll, ikura norimaki, rainbow roll and shrimp avocado roll. Its hot rolls include avocado hand roll, spicy tuna hand roll, eel hand roll (soy paper) and vegetable hand roll (soy paper). Its gunkan includes ikura (salmon roe), real crab meat and tuna yukhoe. Its sides include chicken gyoza dumplings, fried takoyaki, softshell crab tempura and yellowtail cheek. Its noodles include beef udon, shoyu ramen and tonkotsu ramen. Its desserts include watermelon, vanilla ice cream and watermelon. The Company operates over 54 restaurants across 15 states and Washington, District of Columbia.
KURA SUSHI USA, INC. 
