Company: RRGB
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-038610
Chunk: 75

Company: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 75
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 registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2025. Deloitte has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since 2021. EVALUATION OF AUDITOR In approving the selection of Deloitte as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2025, the Audit Committee considered, among other factors: • Firm and engagement team experience, including in our industry; • Audit approach and supporting tools; • General technical expertise; • Audit quality factors, including timing of procedures and engagement team workload and allocation; • Recent Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspection findings and the firms’ responses thereto; • Communication and interaction with the Audit Committee and management; • Independence and commitment to objectivity and professional skepticism; and • The reasonableness and appropriateness of fees. Based on this evaluation, our Board is requesting that our stockholders ratify Deloitte’s appointment for the 2025 fiscal year. We are not required to seek ratification from stockholders of our selection of the registered public accounting firm but are doing so as a matter of good governance. If the selection is not ratified, the Audit Committee will consider whether it is appropriate to select another independent registered public accounting firm. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may select a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if it determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Representatives from Deloitte are expected to be present at the annual meeting, will have an opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so, and will be available to respond to any questions that might arise. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES The following table summarizes the aggregate fees expected to be billed by Deloitte for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2024, and December 31, 2023:

| ​                  | ​ | ​ | 2024 |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | 2023 |   |           |   | ​ |
|:-------------------|:--|:--|:-----|:--|----------:|:--|:--|:--|:-----|:--|----------:|:--|:--|
| Audit fees         | ​ | ​ | ​    | $ | 1,579,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | $ | 1,