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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. in Business Administration from Clark Atlanta University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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 Ms. Varnado’s experience in business development and strategy at leading global brands across multiple industries has provided her with deep expertise in the areas of technology strategy, business transformation and strategic planning and development. She also has extensive experience in consumer insights and innovation and consumer engagement, most recently through her work with Kohler, where she was responsible for consumer channels, store development and expansion, and ecommerce sales, all of which provides Ms. Varnado with the skills and qualifications to serve as a director.                                         
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VOTE REQUIRED Each nominee for director in this Proposal 1 shall be elected if the votes cast “for” such nominee’s election exceed the votes cast “against” such nominee’s election. Abstentions and broker non-votes are not considered votes cast and therefore will have no effect on the outcome of the vote. BOARD RECOMMENDATION OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “ FOR” ALL OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD MATTERS GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES The Board of Directors has created and oversees corporate governance guidelines which can be viewed on the Governance section of our website at: https://ir.redrobin.com/governance/governance-documents. Executive Development and Management Succession Under the Company’s corporate governance guidelines, the Board maintains a policy and plan for the development and succession of the CEO and senior management that includes: • criteria that reflect the Company’s ongoing business strategies; • identification and development of potential internal candidates; • formal assessment processes to evaluate such potential internal candidates and their development; and • an emergency succession component to address the unforeseen loss of the CEO or other key executives. The Nominating and Governance Committee: • works closely with the Board and management to ensure development and succession are anticipated, planned for, and addressed in a timely manner; • works closely with our CEO and each of the other executive officers to conduct succession planning activities including annual performance reviews, evaluations, and development plans of the CEO and executive officers, who also conduct evaluations and development of their direct reports; and • reviews, makes recommendations for, and reports to the Board on programs that have been implemented by management for executive and