---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-22-002176"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RRGB"
cik: "0001171759"
company_name: "RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T14:46:51.473967+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Red Robin names G.J. Hart as CEO, Paul Murphy to retire effective Sept 6, 2022

## Summary
- Hart becomes President and CEO effective Sept 6, 2022, succeeding Paul Murphy who retires.
- Hart was a company director since Aug 2019; previously CEO of Torchy's Tacos and California Pizza Kitchen.
- Murphy will serve as special advisor until March 31, 2023 to ensure smooth transition.
- Hart's compensation: $1M base salary, $500K sign-on bonus, $2M LTIP target for fiscal 2022.
- Board size reduced from ten to nine directors following Murphy's retirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-22-002176
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RRGB
- cik: 0001171759
- company_name: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222002176/0000950142-22-002176-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222002176/eh220269966_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-22-002176
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-22-002176.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-22-002176.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul J.B. Murphy III departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Hart will succeed Paul J.B. Murphy III, who has served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and on the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) since September 2019, and who will retire from those positions effective as of Mr. Hart’s appointment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222002176/0000950142-22-002176-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul J.B. Murphy III was appointed as special advisor at RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: special advisor
  source text: Following his retirement, Mr. Murphy will remain as a special advisor to the Company until March 31, 2023, to work with Mr. Hart and the Board to ensure a smooth transition of leadership.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222002176/0000950142-22-002176-index.htm
- Executive change
  G.J. Hart was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: G.J. Hart has been appointed the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective September 6, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222002176/0000950142-22-002176-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.