Dine Brands Global, Inc. filings document the public-company records of a Delaware restaurant franchisor and operator with NYSE-listed common stock under the symbol DIN. Its Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual results, earnings press releases, dividend declarations, board actions and amendments to prior material-event disclosures, including corrections to non-GAAP financial measures when applicable.
Proxy materials describe annual meeting matters, stockholder voting procedures, director elections, board committee assignments, governance practices and director compensation. The filings also identify the company’s registered common stock and formal exhibit materials tied to financial releases and other corporate events.
Berk Howard M reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Dine Brands Global director Howard M. Berk received a grant of 3,590 restricted stock units on February 27, 2026. According to the award terms, these RSUs will be settled in shares of common stock on February 27, 2027, if he continues serving the company. The grant was provided as compensation for services, bringing his directly held RSU balance to 8,536.607 units.
Dine Brands Global, parent of IHOP, Applebee’s and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, uses a predominantly franchised model across 3,509 restaurants as of December 28, 2025. About 1,812 locations are IHOP, 1,520 are Applebee’s and 105 are Fuzzy’s, with most units run by independent franchisees.
The company operates three segments: Franchise, Company-owned restaurants and Rental, with roughly 74% of 2025 revenue generated by IHOP and Applebee’s and less than 2% from international markets. Dine Brands continues to expand dual-branded IHOP/Applebee’s sites and has signed commitments for new IHOP, Applebee’s and Fuzzy’s development over the next several years.
The business carries significant leverage, with approximately $1.2 billion of long-term debt and about $0.4 billion of lease and other financing obligations as of December 28, 2025. Key risks highlighted include inflationary pressures on food, labor and utilities, heavy reliance on franchisees’ financial health, cybersecurity threats, substantial securitized debt covenants and potential impairment charges. As of January 23, 2026, Dine Brands had 13,046,383 common shares outstanding and a non-affiliate equity market value of $371.7 million as of June 27, 2025.
Dine Brands Global reported weaker profitability for Q4 and full-year 2025 despite higher revenue. Full-year revenue rose to $879.3M from $812.3M, but net income dropped to $17.1M from $64.9M, with Q4 showing a net loss of $12.2M.
Adjusted metrics softened: adjusted EBITDA was $219.8M versus $239.8M, and diluted adjusted EPS was $4.45 versus $5.34. Adjusted free cash flow fell to $61.5M from $106.4M. Same-restaurant sales declined at IHOP and Fuzzy’s and grew modestly at Applebee’s.
The company still emphasized capital returns, repurchasing about $61M of stock and paying roughly $31M in dividends in 2025, and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share payable on April 10, 2026.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. filed an amended current report to update information about its Board committees. The company previously disclosed that Amanda Clark and Enrique R. Silva were elected to the Board of Directors as of February 1, 2026.
The amendment states that, effective February 19, 2026, both Ms. Clark and Mr. Silva were appointed to serve as members of the Board’s Audit Committee. The filing is signed on behalf of the company by Christine K. Son, Senior Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Secretary.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. declared a first quarter 2026 cash dividend of $0.19 per share of common stock. The Board of Directors approved the dividend, which will be paid on April 10, 2026 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 18, 2026.
The company, parent of Applebee’s, IHOP and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, highlighted that it operates close to 3,500 restaurants across 20 international markets through its subsidiaries and franchisees.
Morgan Stanley has disclosed a significant ownership stake in Dine Brands Global, Inc. The firm reports beneficial ownership of 767,735 shares of Dine Brands common stock, representing 5.3% of the class as of the event date.
Morgan Stanley reports zero sole voting or dispositive power, with 763,393 shares subject to shared voting power and 767,735 shares subject to shared dispositive power. The firm states the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business, not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Dine Brands.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. director Silva Enrique filed an initial ownership report on Form 3. The filing states that no securities of Dine Brands Global are beneficially owned. The form is signed on Enrique’s behalf by attorney-in-fact Christine K. Son.
Dine Brands Global director reports no share ownership. Director Amanda Clark filed an initial ownership report stating that she does not beneficially own any Dine Brands Global, Inc. common stock or derivative securities as of the event date. This filing is a routine compliance step under insider reporting rules.
Dine Brands Global expanded its board of directors from nine to eleven members and elected Amanda Clark and Enrique R. Silva as new independent directors, effective February 1, 2026. The board determined both meet New York Stock Exchange independence standards and disclosed no related-party transactions requiring Regulation S-K Item 404(a) disclosure.
The new directors will receive compensation consistent with other non-employee directors, including an initial prorated equity award targeted at $108,822 in restricted stock units that cliff vest on the first anniversary of grant and settle in Dine Brands common stock. Each will also enter into the company’s standard director indemnification agreement. On February 3, 2026, the company issued a press release announcing these appointments, furnished as Exhibit 99.1.
Dine Brands Global director Martha C. Poulter reported an automatic grant of derivative awards tied to her existing equity. On 01/07/2026, she acquired 25.941 dividend equivalent rights at a price of $0. Each right is economically equivalent to one share of Dine Brands common stock and is linked to an underlying restricted stock unit award.
The dividend equivalent rights accrue when dividends are paid on the common stock underlying her restricted stock units and follow the same vesting, settlement, and expiration terms as those units. After this transaction, Poulter beneficially owned 4,946.607 derivative securities in the form of these restricted stock units and associated dividend equivalent rights, held directly.