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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000703351-21-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAT"
cik: "0000703351"
company_name: "BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T06:53:37.548140+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brinker adopts new Performance Share Plan and RSU award for executives

## Summary
- Performance Share Plan targets Adjusted EBITDA for Company or brand over three-year period.
- Payout ranges from 0% (below minimum) to 200% (above maximum) of target shares.
- Participants must remain employed through end of three fiscal years, subject to exceptions (death, disability, retirement, involuntary termination).
- Separate RSU award grants restricted stock vesting on third anniversary, also contingent on continued employment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000703351-21-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAT
- cik: 0000703351
- company_name: BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335121000037/0000703351-21-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335121000037/eat-20210826.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000703351-21-000037
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000703351-21-000037.txt

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