---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-22-003205"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "RRGB"
cik: "0001171759"
company_name: "RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T16:27:19.097594+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Red Robin discloses severance terms for departing CFO ($490K) and CIO ($390K)

## Summary
- CFO Schweinfurth receives $490K lump-sum severance (12 months base salary), plus 2022 bonus, RSU cash-out at $7.50/share, and 12 months COBRA.
- CIO Morse receives $390K lump-sum severance (12 months base salary), plus similar bonus, RSU cash-out, $15K outplacement, and 12 months COBRA.
- Both executives forfeit unvested RSUs, PSUs, and stock options; vested options remain exercisable per award terms.
- Chief Concept Officer Muhtar has no severance agreement yet; Company expects to enter one later.
- Severance conditioned on release execution and compliance with 12-month non-compete and non-solicitation covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-22-003205
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: RRGB
- cik: 0001171759
- company_name: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222003205/0000950142-22-003205-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222003205/eh220305186_8ka1.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Darla Morse departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
  source text: On November 3, 2022, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K”) reporting various executive transitions including the departures of Lynn Schweinfurth, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Jonathan Muhtar, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Concept Officer, and Darla Morse, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222003205/0000950142-22-003205-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lynn Schweinfurth departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 3, 2022, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K”) reporting various executive transitions including the departures of Lynn Schweinfurth, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Jonathan Muhtar, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Concept Officer, and Darla Morse, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222003205/0000950142-22-003205-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonathan Muhtar departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Concept Officer at RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Concept Officer
  source text: On November 3, 2022, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K”) reporting various executive transitions including the departures of Lynn Schweinfurth, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Jonathan Muhtar, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Concept Officer, and Darla Morse, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222003205/0000950142-22-003205-index.htm

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