Company: RRGB
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-038610
Chunk: 10

Company: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 10
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 President and Chief Executive Officer to succeed Mr. Hart. The Board also appointed Mr. Ackil, who has over 20 years of executive experience in the restaurant industry and has served as a director of the Company since March 2020, as our independent Chair, to succeed Mr. Pace. The separation of the roles of Board chair and chief executive officer allows our chief executive officer to focus on managing the Company’s business and operations, and allows our chair to focus on Board matters, which we believe is especially important in light of the high level of regulation and scrutiny of public company boards. Further, we believe the separation of these roles ensures the independence of the Board in its oversight role of evaluating and assessing the chief executive officer and management generally. Our corporate governance guidelines provide for the appointment of a lead independent director if the chair of our Board is not independent. The duties of the chair (or lead director) of the Board include presiding over and managing the meetings of the Board, development of meeting agendas together with the CEO, and approving the scheduling of meetings of the Board. Our Board chair also acts as an advisor to the CEO on strategic aspects of the business, represents the Board at our annual meeting of stockholders, and consults with stockholders, when appropriate. The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight Our executive officers have the primary responsibility for enterprise risk management (ERM) within our Company. Our Board and its committees actively oversee the Company’s risk management and regularly engage in discussions of the most significant risks the Company faces and how these risks are being managed, including over different time periods. Robust evaluation and discussion of ERM is held at the full Board level. The full Board receives regular reports on enterprise risk areas from senior leaders of the Company, including regarding human capital management, food safety, and cybersecurity and receives more frequent reporting based on the immediacy of the risk. While the full Board has overall responsibility for risk oversight, the Board has delegated certain risk oversight functions to its committees. The committees regularly report to the full Board on the assessment and management of risks that fall under their purview. The Company, the Board and its committees consult with outside advisors and experts regarding risks and trends. The Board believes the work undertaken by its committees, the full Board, and the senior leaders of the Company, enables the Board to effectively oversee the Company’s risk management. 16

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