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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| Nicole Miller Regan | ​ | ​ | ​       | ​ |     — | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                     | ​ | 16,415 | ​ | ​ |
| Anddria Varnado     | ​ | ​ | ​       | ​ |     — | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                     | ​ | 16,415 | ​ | ​ |

(1) Does not include 18,834 RSUs that have vested but are deferred. Director Stock Ownership Guidelines The Compensation Committee has stock ownership guidelines in place for non-employee directors that require non-employee directors to own Company securities with a cumulative cost basis of at least five times the director’s annual cash retainer (excluding chair or committee retainer fees). Based on the current annual retainer for non-employee directors, that dollar amount is $375,000. The value of each director’s holdings is based on the value of securities held, which is calculated using the 30-day average share price of the Company’s common stock. Equity owned of record or beneficially, including RSUs and vested in-the-money options, are credited toward the guidelines. New non-employee directors have five years from the time the director joins the Board to reach the minimum ownership threshold. Non-employee directors may not sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of common stock that would decrease such director’s cumulative cost basis below the ownership guideline amount. As of the annual measurement date, all directors were in compliance or on track to be in compliance with the guideline or have not sold any of their award shares during their tenure.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS In this Compensation Discussion and Analysis, we provide an analysis and explanation of our executive compensation program and the compensation derived from this program by our “named executive officers.” For 2024, our named executive officers were: • G.J. Hart, former President and Chief Executive Officer 1 • Todd Wilson , Chief Financial Officer • Sarah Mussetter , Chief Legal Officer • Kevin Mayer , former Chief Marketing Officer 2 • Meghan Spuler , Chief People Officer EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Red Robin is committed to building long-term stockholder value. Our executive compensation program is designed to pay for performance and link incentives to current and long-term sustained achievement of Company strategic and financial goals. This executive summary provides an overview of our fiscal 2024 performance, compensation actions, and compensation outcomes based on pay for performance alignment. References to “2024” herein