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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000703351-23-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAT"
cik: "0000703351"
company_name: "BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T23:37:39.114381+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brinker shareholders elect all nine director nominees and approve executive compensation proposals

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; Frances Allen received 37,613,679 for votes.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY2024 approved: 39,791,062 for, 468,138 against.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed: 36,749,381 for, 714,805 against.
- Shareholders selected 1-year frequency for say-on-pay votes: 36,706,921 for 1 year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000703351-23-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAT
- cik: 0000703351
- company_name: BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335123000054/0000703351-23-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335123000054/eat-20231116.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-11-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-16
  source text: The proposal on executive compensation as approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335123000054/0000703351-23-000054-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future executive compensation votes at the 2023-11-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-16
  source text: The proposal on frequency of executive compensation was approved. The results were as follows: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Broker Non-Vote 36,706,921 16,220 959,466 2,575,120
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335123000054/0000703351-23-000054-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-11-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-16
  source text: Each of the management’s nominees, was elected, a director to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335123000054/0000703351-23-000054-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as Independent Auditors for Fiscal 2024 at the 2023-11-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-16
  source text: The proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Independent Auditors for Fiscal 2024 was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335123000054/0000703351-23-000054-index.htm

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