Company: RRGB
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-025001
Chunk: 35

Company: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 35
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ging Policy Executive officers and directors are prohibited from making pledges of Company securities as collateral for a loan, or otherwise holding Company securities in a margin account. Insider Trading Policy The Company has an Insider Trading Policythat governs the purchase, sale and other transactions of the Company’s securities by directors, officers, and other covered persons. The Insider Trading Policy is designed to promote compliance with the securities laws, to prevent insider trading or even the appearance of insider trading, to establish a process for trading in Company securities, and to promote integrity and ethical conduct by the Company and those covered by the Insider Trading Policy. The Insider Trading Policy requires persons covered by the policy and their family members to obtain pre-clearance prior to engaging in any transactions of Company securities. The Insider Trading Policy also prohibits a non-employee director and executive officer from holding Company securities in a margin account or otherwise pledging Company securities as collateral for a loan. Executive Employment Agreements The Company is or was a party to an employment agreement or offer letter with each of our named executive officers, as described below under “Executive Employment Agreements.” These agreements provide for or provided for severance payments upon certain terminations of employment. The Compensation Committee believes the terms of these executive employment agreements together with the Executive Severance Plan (as defined below) are in line with market standards and are an important means to allow management to continue to focus on running the business of the Company in the event of a pending or actual change in control event or other event potentially affecting their employment. More detailed information concerning these severance payments appears below under the caption “Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control.” 43

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2024 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TABLES Summary Compensation Table The following table sets forth summary information concerning compensation awarded to, earned by, or accrued for services rendered to the Company in all capacities by our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and each of our three other most highly compensated executive officers who were serving as executive officers at the end of fiscal year 2024 (collectively, the named executive officers), for fiscal years 2022 through 2024:

| Name and Principle Position                 | ​ | ​ | Year |   |      |   | ​ | ​ | Salary($)(1) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | Bonus($) |   |   |   | ​ | ​ | StockAwards($)(2) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | OptionAwards($)