Company: RRGB
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-025001
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Company: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form: PRE 14A
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 of them will be able to serve if elected. If any of our nominees should become unavailable to serve as a director, our Board of Directors can name a substitute nominee, and the persons named as proxies in the proxy card, or their nominees or substitutes, will vote your shares for such substitute nominee unless an instruction to the contrary is written on your proxy card. The Board recommends that you vote FOR all of the Board’s nominees to serve as directors of the Company. 8

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Selecting Nominees for Director Our Board has delegated to the Nominating and Governance Committee the responsibility for reviewing and recommending nominees for director. The Board determines which candidates to nominate or appoint, as appropriate, after considering the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee. In evaluating a director candidate, the Nominating and Governance Committee considers the candidate’s independence; character; corporate governance skills and abilities; business experience; industry specific experience; training and education; commitment to performing the duties of a director; and other skills, abilities, or attributes that fill specific needs of the Board or its committees. Our Board is committed to diversity and the Nominating and Governance Committee considers diversity in business experience, professional expertise, and background, along with various other factors when evaluating director nominees. The Nominating and Governance Committee will use the same criteria in evaluating candidates suggested by stockholders. The Nominating and Governance Committee is authorized under its charter to retain, at our expense, outside search firms and any other professional advisors it deems appropriate to assist in identifying or evaluating potential nominees for director. Director Nominees Below, you can find the principal occupation and other information about each of our director nominees standing for election at the annual meeting. Information related to each of our director nominee’s key attributes, experience, and skills, as well as their recent public company board service is included with each director’s biographical information. Our Board is comprised of diverse leaders with relevant experience and leadership in each of the key areas of greatest importance to our financial and more general sustainability. These attributes are core to our ability to be nimble and take advantage of opportunities as they arise. In 2025, all ten of current directors are standing for re-election.

| ​ | Anthony S. Ackil, 50                                                                                                                       
 Director Since: March 2020                                                                                                                 
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 Other Board Service:Project Bread (2018-present