# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000049754
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-195034
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 18747
**Document Hash:** 801d301dc4ada1bf0666b3d6242e85ef
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-195034.hdr.sgml**: 20250903

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-195034

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250903

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250903

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20250903

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Dine Brands Global, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000049754
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 953038279
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-290014
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251290729

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 10 WEST WALNUT STREET, 5TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** PASADENA
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91103
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 818-240-6055

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 10 WEST WALNUT STREET, 5TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** PASADENA
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91103

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** DineEquity, Inc
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20080530

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** IHOP CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940204

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, DC 20549** 

**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

***UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

## Dine Brands Global, Inc.
**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)** 

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| **Delaware** | **95-3038279** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction of**<br> **Incorporation or Organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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**10 W Walnut Street, 5th Floor** 

**Pasadena, California 91103** 

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)** 

**Dine Brands Global, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan** 

**(Full Title of the Plan)** 

**Christine K. Son** 

**Senior Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Secretary** 

**Dine Brands Global, Inc.** 

**10 W Walnut Street, 5th Floor** 

**Pasadena, California 91103** 

**(Name and address of agent for service)** 

**(818) 240-6055**

**(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)** 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
|  |  | Emerging growth company | ☐ |

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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**NOTE** 

**INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO *GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8***

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is being filed by Dine Brands Global, Inc. (the "Corporation"), relating to 1,421,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), issuable to eligible employees, non-employee directors, consultants, independent contractors and agents of the Corporation and its affiliates under the Dine Brands Global, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended effective May 14, 2025 (the "Plan"), which Common Stock is in addition to the shares of Common Stock registered on the Corporation's Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on [May 14, 2019](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312519146731/d746204ds8.htm) (Registration No. 333-231473) and [March 1, 2023](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000049754/000119312523055239/d468638ds8.htm) (Registration No. 333-270157) (collectively, the "Prior Registration Statements"). The Prior Registration Statements are currently effective. This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.

**Part II** 

**Information Required in the Registration Statement** 

**Item 3.** **Incorporation of Documents by Reference.** <br>

The following documents of the Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference herein:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Annual Report on [Form 10-K](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000049754/000162828025010259/din-20241231.htm) for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 5, 2025;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Quarterly Report on [Form 10-Q](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000049754/000162828025022869/din-20250331.htm) for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2025;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Quarterly Report on [Form 10-Q](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000004975425000005/din-20250630.htm) for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, filed with the Commission on August 6, 2025;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on [February 5, 2025](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000049754/000119312525020816/d806001d8k.htm) , [February 21, 2025](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000049754/000119312525031336/d930096d8k.htm) , [May 14, 2025](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000049754/000119312525119415/d904431d8k.htm) , [May 19, 2025](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000049754/000119312525122124/d932916d8k.htm) , [May 27, 2025](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000049754/000119312525126211/d889382d8k.htm) , [June 5, 2025](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000049754/000119312525135297/d36948d8k.htm) , [June 17, 2025](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000049754/000119312525142147/d945770d8k.htm) and [August 6, 2025](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000049754/000119312525172651/d48850d8k.htm) ; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The description of the Common Stock contained in the Corporation's Registration Statement on [Form S-3](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000104746909006920/a2193708zs-3.htm) (Registration No. 333-160836) originally filed with the Commission on July 28, 2009, including Exhibit 4.3 to the Corporation's Annual Report on [Form 10-K](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000004975420000007/din-12312019x10k.htm) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and filed with
the Commission on February 24, 2020, and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed by the Corporation pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents").

Any statement contained herein or in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement or the related prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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**Item 8.** **Exhibits.** <br>

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| **Exhibit<br>Number** | **Description of Exhibit** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1 | [Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dine Brands Global, Inc. (Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 15, 2023 is incorporated herein by reference).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312523144214/d462889dex31.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2 | [Amended and Restated Bylaws of Dine Brands Global, Inc. (Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 8, 2023 is incorporated herein by reference).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312523231139/d532618dex31.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3 | [Dine Brands Global, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (Appendix B to the Corporation's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on March 28, 2025 is incorporated herein by reference).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312525067149/d921476ddef14a.htm#toc921476_56) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1\* | [Opinion of Christine K. Son, as to the legality of the securities being registered](d84514dex51.htm) |
| 23.1\* | [Consent of Christine K. Son (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)](d84514dex51.htm) |
| 23.2\* | [Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm](d84514dex232.htm) |
| 24.1\* | [Powers of Attorney (contained in the signature page to this Registration Statement)](#sig) |
| 107\* | [Filing Fee Table](d84514dexfilingfees.htm) |

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\* Filed herewith.

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**SIGNATURES** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pasadena, State of California, on this 3<sup>rd</sup> day of September, 2025.

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|:---|:---|
|  DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. | DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. |
| By: | /s/ John W. Peyton |
| Name: | John W. Peyton |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |

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KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John W. Peyton, Vance Y. Chang and Christine K. Son, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, including any filings under Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 3<sup>rd</sup> day of September, 2025.

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| Signatures | Title |
| /s/ John W. Peyton<br> John W. Peyton | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) <br>|
| /s/ Vance Y. Chang<br> Vance Y. Chang | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) <br>|
| /s/ Allison Hall<br> Allison Hall | Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |
| /s/ Howard M. Berk<br> Howard M. Berk | Director |
| /s/ Richard J. Dahl<br> Richard J. Dahl | Director |
| /s/ Michael C. Hyter<br> Michael C. Hyter | Director |
| /s/ Douglas M. Pasquale<br> Douglas M. Pasquale | Director |
| /s/ Martha C. Poulter<br> Martha C. Poulter | Director |

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| /s/ Matthew T. Ryan<br> Matthew T. Ryan | Director |
| /s/ Arthur F. Starrs<br> Arthur F. Starrs | Director |
| /s/ Lilian C. Tomovich<br> Lilian C. Tomovich | Director |

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## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1** 

September 3, 2025

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

10 W. Walnut Street, 5<sup>th</sup> Floor

Pasadena, California 91103

Re: Dine Brands Global, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of 1,421,000 shares (the "Shares") of common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of Dine Brands Global, Inc. (the "Corporation") issuable or reserved for issuance under the amendment (the "Amendment") to the Dine Brands Global, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan").

In connection with this opinion letter, I have examined and am familiar with (i) the Plan, including the Amendment, (ii) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, (iii) the Amended Bylaws of the Corporation, (iv) copies of certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation relating to, among other things, the Shares, the Amendment, the Plan and the Registration Statement, (v) the form of certificate representing the Common Stock and (vi) such other documents, certificates and records as I have considered necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. In my examination, I have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to any facts material to the opinion expressed herein, I have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Corporation and others.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and, assuming the valid issuance of awards pursuant to the Plan (as amended by the Amendment) and the conformity of the certificates representing the Shares to the form thereof examined by me, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.

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| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Christine K. Son |
| Christine K. Son |
| Senior Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Secretary |

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## Exhibit 23.2

**Exhibit 23.2** 

**Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm** 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Dine Brands Global, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan of our report dated March 5, 2025, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Dine Brands Global, Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Dine Brands Global, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 29, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst and Young LLP

Los Angeles, California

September 3, 2025

## Ex-Filing

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| | **Security Type**  | **Security Class Title**  | **Fee Calculation Rule**  | **Amount Registered**  | **Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit**  | **Maximum Aggregate Offering Price**  | **Fee Rate**  | **Amount of Registration Fee**  |
| 1 | Equity | Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | Other | 1421000 | $22.33 | $31730930.00 | 0.0001531 | $4858.01 |
| Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: |  | $31730930.00  |  | $4858.01  |
| Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  |  |  |  | $0.00  |
| Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  |  |  |  | $4858.01  |

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 **Offering Note** <br>

<sup>1</sup> (a) Dine Brands Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), is filing this Registration Statement to register the offer and sale of 1,421,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), for issuance under the Company's 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock. (b) This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit for shares available for future grant is the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 26, 2025.

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| **Rule 457(p)** | **Rule 457(p)** |
| Fee Offset Claims | N/A |
| Fee Offset Sources | N/A |

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