Company: RRGB
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-038610
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Company: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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 informed our actions in the topics covered above, including corporate governance best practices and Board composition. In 2024, we added two new independent directors pursuant to a Cooperation Agreement and associated Equity Purchase Agreement described below. COOPERATION AGREEMENT AND EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT In December 2024, the Company entered into a Cooperation Agreement with JCP Investment Management, LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “JCP”) and Jumana Capital, LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “Jumana”), pursuant to which, among other things, JCP and Jumana have the right to designate certain directors to our Board, and an Equity Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which JCP and Jumana made additional investments in the Company. See “Corporate Governance and Board Matters— Governance Principles— Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”

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COMPANY LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY The Company is committed to taking bold action to deliver long term sustainable growth. In 2023, the Company released its North Star five-point strategic plan designed to enhance the Company’s competitive positioning. Since then, the Company has made investments to strengthen operations and improve the quality of its food and operations, and remains focused on the comeback of the iconic Red Robin brand. The Company’s current leadership team is as follows:

| ​ | Leader          | ​ | ​ | AppointmentDate | ​ | ​ | Position                              | ​ |
| ​ | David Pace      | ​ | ​ | April 2025      | ​ | ​ | President and Chief Executive Officer | ​ |
| ​ | Todd Wilson     | ​ | ​ | November 2022   | ​ | ​ | Chief Financial Officer               | ​ |
| ​ | Sarah Mussetter | ​ | ​ | December 2022   | ​ | ​ | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary     | ​ |
| ​ | Meghan Spuler   | ​ | ​ | December 2023   | ​ | ​ | Chief People Officer                  | ​ |
| ​ | Jesse Griffith  | ​ | ​ | March 2023      | ​ | ​ | Senior Vice President, Operations     | ​ |

The North Star five-point strategic plan consists of the following: Transform to an operations focused restaurant company: • Empower decision making by operators at the unit level • Incent and reward operators to drive business growth and results • Restructured support organization Elevate the guest experience: • Invest in people, food quality, and the restaurant facility • New cooking platform to