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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86% of votes were cast to approve the advisory “say on pay” vote on the 2023 compensation of our named executive officers. For the five prior consecutive years, the Company has received over 90% support for the annual “say on pay” proposal. The Compensation Committee considered the results of the advisory vote when setting executive compensation for 2024 and will continue to do so in future executive compensation policies and decisions. We regularly engage with our stockholders and this engagement provides valuable insight that informs the work of both management and the Board, including in the areas of executive compensation. See “Proxy Summary— Stockholder Engagement” for more discussion about our engagement with our stockholders, including Company participants and topics covered. We hold our advisory “say on pay” vote annually. Stockholders vote once every six years, on an advisory basis, on the frequency of the say-on-pay vote, which can be every one year, two years or three years. At our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, over 95% of votes cast were in favor of continuing an annual vote. Based on these results, and consistent with the Board’s recommendation, the Board has determined to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation every year until the next required advisory vote on frequency, which we expect to occur at our 2029 annual meeting. BENCHMARKING Restaurant Peer Group Our benchmarking group contains restaurant peer companies that were selected and approved by the Compensation Committee upon the recommendation of management and the Compensation Committee’s independent compensation consultant and are based on their similarity to us with respect to several criteria, including revenue, market cap, and business model. At the time of selection, the Company’s revenues were situated at approximately the median of the benchmarking group. The peer group used for 2024 consisted of the 18 restaurant companies identified below.

| ​ | Peer Group                             |   |   |                                    | ​ |
| ​ | BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.                 | ​ | ​ | Dine Brands Global, Inc.           | ​ |
| ​ | Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.                  | ​ | ​ | El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.       | ​ |
| ​ | Brinker International, Inc.            | ​ | ​ | Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.*     | ​ |
| ​ | Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.         | ​ | ​ | First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. | ​ |
| ​ | The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated    | ​ | ​ | Jack in the Box Inc.