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accession: "0001104659-26-024099"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TXRH"
cik: "0001289460"
company_name: "Texas Roadhouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T19:22:45.304559+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Texas Roadhouse appoints White Castle CEO Lisa Ingram to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Elizabeth (Lisa) Ingram, CEO and Chair of White Castle System, Inc., appointed to Texas Roadhouse board effective March 5, 2026.
- White Castle operates 340 restaurants in 14 states and 6 manufacturing plants; 105-year-old fast-food brand.
- Ingram brings restaurant industry and CEO experience; also serves on boards of M/I Homes (NYSE: MHO) and OhioHealth.
- Board determined Ingram qualifies as an independent director under Nasdaq rules; no initial committee assignments.
- Ingram, age 55, is a fourth-generation family leader of White Castle, has BBA from SMU and MBA from Ohio State.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-024099
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TXRH
- cik: 0001289460
- company_name: Texas Roadhouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289460/000110465926024099/0001104659-26-024099-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289460/000110465926024099/tm267926d1_8k.htm

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