secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC (EAT)
CIK:        0000703351
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000703351-26-000008
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Brinker promotes George Felix to EVP CMO for Chili's and Maggiano's; CFO Ware gets raise
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- George Felix promoted to EVP, Chief Marketing Officer, overseeing both Chili's and Maggiano's.
- Felix's annual base salary set at $600,000; target bonus 75% of salary; expected equity award value $750,000.
- CFO Mika Ware receives compensation increase to $675,000 salary, target bonus 75%, expected equity $900,000.
- Company notes market cap rose from $1.3B to $6.25B under Felix's marketing leadership since 2022.
- No family relationships or material interests between Felix or Ware and any director or officer.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335126000008/0000703351-26-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335126000008/eat-20260226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000703351-26-000008

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