---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171759-23-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RRGB"
cik: "0001171759"
company_name: "RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T16:16:35.689438+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Red Robin adopts proxy access bylaw for director nominations

## Summary
- Bylaw amendment allows stockholder or group of up to 20 owning 3%+ stock for 3+ years to nominate directors.
- Proxy access permits nomination of up to greater of 2 directors or 20% of board at annual meetings.
- Other amendments update director nomination procedures, DGCL conformity, and exclusive forum provisions.
- Board approved amendments effective March 20, 2023; full Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws filed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171759-23-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RRGB
- cik: 0001171759
- company_name: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000117175923000023/0001171759-23-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000117175923000023/rrgb-20230320.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC: Amended Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws to establish proxy access provision, update director nomination procedures, conform to Delaware law, and make other changes (effective 2023-03-20).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-03-20
  source text: On March 20, 2023 , the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (the “Company”) approved amendments to the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), which became effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000117175923000023/0001171759-23-000023-index.htm

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