Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. filings document the reporting and governance record of a public casual dining restaurant company. Form 8-K disclosures include quarterly operating results, earnings exhibits, non-GAAP reconciliations, outlook commentary, restaurant impairment and closing-cost adjustments, restructuring activities and other material events tied to the company’s brand portfolio.
Proxy and annual-meeting filings cover director elections, board committee assignments, auditor ratification, advisory executive-compensation votes, equity incentive plans, severance arrangements and stockholder voting results. Compensation-related 8-K reports also describe retention grants, performance stock units, restricted stock units and restrictive-covenant terms under company compensation plans.
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. reported the results of its April 22, 2026 annual stockholder meeting. A total of 75,618,251 shares of common stock, representing 88.71% of shares outstanding and eligible to vote, were present, establishing a strong quorum.
Stockholders elected nine directors to one-year terms, with each nominee receiving significantly more votes for than against. They also ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2026, and approved on a non-binding advisory basis the compensation of named executive officers.
Stockholders approved the Amended and Restated Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. 2025 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan. A stockholder proposal on disclosure of employee retention demographics did not pass, while a separate stockholder proposal regarding issuance of “blank-check” preferred stock was approved.
BlackRock, Inc. reported beneficial ownership of 6,236,421 shares of Bloomin' Brands Inc. common stock, representing 7.3% of the class. The filing shows BlackRock has sole voting power over 6,104,638 shares and sole dispositive power over all 6,236,421 shares. The filing is an amendment (Amendment No. 13) to a Schedule 13G/A and is signed by a Managing Director.
Bloomin' Brands Inc files an amended Schedule 13G disclosing zero beneficial ownership. The Vanguard Group reports 0 shares representing 0% of Common Stock. The filing explains an internal realignment of Vanguard subsidiaries on 01/12/2026, after which certain subsidiaries report ownership separately.
Bloomin' Brands director Rohit Lal reported an open-market purchase of 10,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $5.69 per share. After this transaction, he directly owns a total of 30,156.085 Bloomin' Brands shares, indicating a meaningful increase in his personal stake.
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. director Julie T. Kunkel reported an open-market purchase of 1,000 shares of common stock on March 5, 2026 at $6.46 per share. The purchased shares are held indirectly in an IRA for the reporting person, bringing her indirect holdings to 6,065.4826 shares and separately reported direct ownership to 16,531 shares.
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. executive Lissette R. Gonzalez, EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, reported equity award activity. She exercised 4,861 restricted stock units, converting them into the same number of shares of common stock at a stated price of $0.00 per share.
On the same date, 1,201 common shares were withheld by the company at $6.35 per share to cover tax obligations upon RSU vesting, a tax-withholding disposition rather than an open-market sale. After these transactions, she directly owned 46,483 common shares.
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. senior vice president and chief accounting officer Philip J. Pace exercised previously granted restricted stock units into common stock, with part of the shares withheld to cover taxes. On March 3, 2026, 3,240 restricted stock units converted into 3,240 shares of common stock at a stated price of $0.00 per share. In a separate transaction, 1,447 shares of common stock were withheld by the company to satisfy applicable tax withholding due upon vesting of certain RSUs. After these transactions, Pace directly owned 45,408 shares of Bloomin' Brands common stock.
Spanos Mike reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. director and CEO Mike Spanos reported an amended insider transaction showing an equity compensation award. On February 27, 2026, he was granted 490,196 restricted stock units (RSUs), each representing the right to receive one share of common stock upon vesting. The RSUs vest in three equal annual installments, with a final vesting in 2029. The amendment notes that the number of RSUs was previously overreported in a Form 4 filed March 3, 2026, due to an administrative error.
Bloomin' Brands executive Patrick M. Hafner reported equity award activity involving restricted stock units and common shares. On the reported date, 8,101 restricted stock units were exercised for no cash cost, resulting in the acquisition of 8,101 shares of common stock and increasing his directly held common shares to 33,145.
In a separate transaction the same day, 1,973 common shares were withheld by the company at a price of $6.35 per share to cover tax obligations upon vesting of certain RSUs, leaving Hafner with 31,172 directly owned common shares. Footnotes explain that these RSUs were part of a 32,405-unit grant with scheduled vesting through a final vesting in 2026, and that each RSU converts into one share of common stock upon vesting.
Bloomin' Brands EVP and Chief Legal Officer Kelly Lefferts reported the vesting and conversion of 6,481 restricted stock units into 6,481 shares of common stock on March 3, 2026. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of common stock upon vesting.
On the same date, 2,551 shares of common stock were withheld by the company at a price of $6.35 per share to cover tax withholding obligations tied to the RSU vesting. After these transactions, Lefferts directly held 117,604 shares of Bloomin' Brands common stock.