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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-256994"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DIN"
cik: "0000049754"
company_name: "Dine Brands Global, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T07:40:41.095074+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dine Brands appoints Martha C. Poulter to Board of Directors; board expands to 11

## Summary
- Board increased from 10 to 11 directors; Poulter appointed effective Sept 1, 2021 as independent director and Audit Committee member.
- Poulter is SVP and CIO of Royal Caribbean Group; previously EVP and CIO at Starwood and roles at GE.
- Standard non-employee director compensation: $70,000 annual board retainer plus committee retainers and annual equity award targeted at $105,000.
- Initial prorated equity award of $35,000, cliff vesting in one year and settling in common stock.
- No transactions between Poulter or her family and Dine Brands; no arrangement with other persons for her appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-256994
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DIN
- cik: 0000049754
- company_name: Dine Brands Global, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312521256994/0001193125-21-256994-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312521256994/d206210d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Martha C. Poulter was appointed as Director at Dine Brands Global, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also on August 23, 2021, the Board of Directors appointed Martha C. Poulter as a director of the Corporation and as a member of the Audit Committee, in each case effective as of September 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312521256994/0001193125-21-256994-index.htm

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