Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ: BLMN) CHRO Jessica Mitory resigns
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Form Type
8-K
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. reported that Jessica Mitory has resigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective August 17, 2026.
She provided notice of her resignation on June 26, 2026, and the company states her departure is not due to any disagreement regarding its operations, policies, or practices.
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8-K Event Classification
2 items: 5.02, 9.01
2 items
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers
Governance
Key personnel changes including departures, elections, or appointments of directors and executive officers.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibits
Financial statements, pro forma financial information, and exhibit attachments filed with this report.
Key Figures
Resignation notice date: June 26, 2026
Resignation effective date: August 17, 2026
8-K signature date: July 1, 2026
3 metrics
Resignation notice date
June 26, 2026
Date notice provided by Jessica Mitory
Resignation effective date
August 17, 2026
Effective date of CHRO resignation
8-K signature date
July 1, 2026
Date the report was signed by Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Key Terms
Emerging growth company, Inline XBRL, Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
3 terms
Emerging growth company regulatory
"Emerging growth company Item 5.02 Departure of Directors"
An emerging growth company is a recently public or smaller public firm that qualifies for temporary, lighter regulatory and disclosure rules to reduce the cost and effort of being public. For investors, it means the company may provide less historical financial detail and face fewer reporting requirements than larger firms, so it can grow more quickly but also carries higher uncertainty—like buying a promising early-stage product with fewer user reviews.
Inline XBRL technical
"Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)"
Inline XBRL is a file format for financial filings that embeds machine-readable data tags directly inside the human-readable report, so the same document can be read by people and parsed by software. For investors it makes extracting, comparing and verifying financial numbers faster and more reliable—like a grocery list where each item also has a barcode—reducing manual errors and speeding up analysis.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers regulatory
"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors"
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 26, 2026
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (813 ) 282-1225
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On June 26, 2026, Jessica Mitory provided notice of her resignation as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. (the “Company”), effective as of August 17, 2026. Ms. Mitory’s departure is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number | Description | ||||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | ||||||||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. | |||||||||||
| (Registrant) | |||||||||||
| Date: | July 1, 2026 | By: | /s/ Kelly Lefferts | ||||||||
| Kelly Lefferts | |||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | |||||||||||
FAQ
What executive change did Bloomin’ Brands (BLMN) disclose in this 8-K?
Bloomin’ Brands disclosed that Jessica Mitory resigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Her resignation was reported under Item 5.02, which covers departures of certain officers and related executive changes at the company.
When is Jessica Mitory’s resignation from Bloomin’ Brands (BLMN) effective?
Her resignation is effective August 17, 2026. This date marks the end of her service as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at Bloomin’ Brands, giving the company time to manage the transition in its human resources leadership.
On what date did Jessica Mitory notify Bloomin’ Brands of her resignation?
She provided notice of her resignation on June 26, 2026. This notice date precedes the August 17, 2026 effective date, suggesting an arranged transition period for handing over responsibilities in the human resources function.
What SEC form did Bloomin’ Brands (BLMN) use to report this officer resignation?
Bloomin’ Brands used a Form 8-K to report the resignation. The change was disclosed under Item 5.02, which focuses on departures or appointments of directors and certain officers, as well as compensatory arrangements for such officers.