---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-22-003458"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "RRGB"
cik: "0001171759"
company_name: "RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T00:41:25.553299+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Red Robin COO Michael Buchmeier departs Jan 31; severance $330K lump sum plus benefits

## Summary
- COO Michael Buchmeier's separation effective Jan 31, 2023; severance includes $330,000 cash (12 months base salary).
- 2022 annual bonus if earned plus cash for RSUs vesting in 2023 at $7.50/share; $15,000 outplacement.
- 12-month non-compete in burger-focused restaurant business in Colorado and specific casual dining chains.
- Unvested equity forfeited; vested options remain exercisable per award; PSUs eligible for retirement treatment.
- Executive subject to non-solicitation, non-disparagement, and confidentiality covenants post-termination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-22-003458
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: RRGB
- cik: 0001171759
- company_name: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- 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/1171759/000095014222003458/0000950142-22-003458-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222003458/eh22035160_8ka1.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-22-003458
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-22-003458.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-22-003458.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Buchmeier departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: announcing the departure of Michael Buchmeier, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (the “Executive”), effective January 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000095014222003458/0000950142-22-003458-index.htm

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