Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. filings document the regulatory record for a Nasdaq-listed restaurant operator with common stock registered under the ticker RRGB. The company’s Form 8-K reports cover quarterly and annual operating results, preliminary financial results, officer appointments and departures, material agreements, and capital actions such as an at-the-market common stock offering program.
Proxy materials describe annual meeting proposals, director elections, advisory executive compensation votes, employee stock purchase plan share authorization, auditor ratification, and board governance matters. Other filings address cooperation-agreement amendments with investor parties, board composition, committee assignments, executive roles, and the company’s public-company capital structure.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. Chief Transformation Officer John Charles McLaughlin had 618 and 208 common shares withheld on October 2, 2026, to meet tax withholding obligations when time-based restricted stock units vested. The reported price was $7.95 per share for both transactions.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. replaced its prior credit agreement on October 2, 2026 with a five-year $115 million facility: a $25 million revolving line and a $90 million term loan, maturing October 2, 2031. The borrower may increase the facility by up to an additional $20 million, subject to lender participation. Red Robin International, Inc. is the borrower; the company and certain subsidiaries guarantee obligations. Borrowings are secured by substantially all assets of the borrower and guarantors; outstanding prior borrowings, accrued interest and fees were paid off.
Interest is SOFR plus 275 to 350 basis points based on the leverage ratio, with no SOFR floor; the initial rate is SOFR plus 325 basis points. The revolving line has no required amortization. The term loan requires quarterly principal payments in aggregate annual amounts equal to 5.0% of original principal until its second anniversary, 7.5% from the second to fourth anniversaries, and 10% thereafter. Permitted uses include refinancing certain debt, fees, working capital, general corporate needs, permitted acquisitions and capital expenditures; restricted payments are excluded. The refranchising transactions involved sales of 108 company-owned restaurants for approximately $89.4 million in gross proceeds; sales of eight more for approximately $6.6 million are expected to close by the end of the Company's 2026 fiscal year.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. (RRGB) reports that Chief Accounting Officer Tiffany Dutton received a one-time grant of 12,820 time-based restricted stock units on September 28, 2026, under the issuer’s 2024 Performance Incentive Plan. Each unit is a contingent right to receive one common share upon vesting; the 12,820 shares are subject to vesting and forfeiture restrictions. The units are scheduled to vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date. The closing price on the grant date was $7.46 per share.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc identifies Tiffany Dutton as its Chief Accounting Officer.
RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC (RRGB) reported that its Chief People Officer, Kassem Humera, had 1,800 and 2,744 shares withheld on September 22, 2026, to satisfy tax withholding obligations tied to the vesting of 7,680 and 11,704 time-based restricted stock units, respectively. Each withholding was reported at $7.47 per share. The units were granted September 22, 2025, under the issuer’s 2024 Performance Incentive Plan, as amended.
RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS, INC. (RRGB) appointed Tiffany Dutton as Chief Accounting Officer, assuming principal accounting officer responsibilities effective September 21, 2026, reporting to Chief Financial Officer Mark Graff.
Dutton has over two decades of accounting and finance experience, including serving as Red Robin’s interim Chief Accountant since October 2025 and prior senior roles at Capital Senior Living (now Sonida Senior Living), Adeptus Health, RealPage, and Pier 1 Imports. She is a certified public accountant and began her career at Ernst & Young.
Her compensation includes an annual base salary of $300,000, an annual bonus opportunity targeted at 60% of base salary (prorated for 2026 and based on Company performance targets), and a restricted stock unit award with a target value of $100,000 vesting after one year. Beginning in 2027, she will be eligible for the Company’s Long-Term Incentive plan with a target opportunity equal to 60% of base salary. She will receive the Company’s standard indemnification agreement and will participate in the Executive Severance Plan, with cash severance multipliers of 1.0 and benefits continuation periods of 12 months in both change in control and non-change in control qualifying termination scenarios. The Company states there are no special arrangements, family relationships, or related-party transactions connected to her appointment.
RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC (symbol: RRGB) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC. Hudler Scott reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC (RRGB) reported that Chief Marketing Officer Scott Hudler received a grant of 11,160 time-based restricted stock units (RSUs) of common stock on September 15, 2026. The RSUs vest in three equal annual installments over three years and are subject to forfeiture conditions.
RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC (RRGB) reports that Scott Hudler, serving as Chief Marketing Officer, has filed an initial Form 3 as an officer subject to Section 16 reporting. The filing lists no equity transactions or derivative positions and includes no Rule 10b5-1 trading plan indication.
RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS, INC. (RRGB) has executed a major refranchising step by selling 116 company-owned restaurants across multiple states to three experienced franchise operators for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $96 million, including 108 restaurants already closed for about $89.4 million and 8 more expected to close by fiscal year end.
The buyers are Evergreen Dining (30 units for $23.5 million), Op Burgers (69 units for $62.5 million, of which 61 units for $55.9 million have closed and 8 units for $6.6 million are pending) and Kuber (17 units for $10.0 million). All locations will continue as franchised Red Robin restaurants under long-term franchise agreements.
The company plans to use substantially all net proceeds primarily to repay borrowings under its credit facility and for general corporate purposes. Pro forma data assume $96.0 million of debt repayment and show 2025 revenue of about $838.3 million and net income of $14.3 million instead of a net loss, with lower interest expense, while 2026 year-to-date pro forma results show lower revenue and a larger net loss as the refranchised units shift from restaurant revenue to franchise revenue.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. reported softer results for Q2 2026 and year‑to‑date 2026 while preparing a major shift toward franchising. Q2 total revenues were $277.6 million, down 2.1% year over year, with restaurant revenue down 2.4% but comparable restaurant revenue up 1.3% on higher average check.
Q2 net income was $0.4 million versus $4.0 million a year earlier, and year‑to‑date the company posted a $1.8 million net loss versus prior‑year profit. Adjusted EBITDA declined to $18.9 million for Q2 and $46.2 million year‑to‑date. Restaurant‑level operating margin held at 14.7%, supported by labor efficiency and lower depreciation, though commodity inflation and higher marketing spend weighed on results.
The balance sheet shows $167.2 million of debt under a variable‑rate credit facility and negative equity of $105.6 million, with liquidity of about $47.8 million. Operating cash flow fell to $14.5 million year‑to‑date from $29.5 million. The company entered agreements to refranchise 116 restaurants for roughly $96 million in aggregate consideration, expecting to use net proceeds primarily to repay borrowings and to convert these locations to long‑term royalty streams.