---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001546417-22-000077"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLMN"
cik: "0001546417"
company_name: "Bloomin' Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T21:43:25.417591+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bloomin' Brands appoints Julie Kunkel and Melanie Marein-Efron to Board, expanding to 11 members

## Summary
- Board expands from 9 to 11 directors with appointments effective August 22, 2022.
- Both Kunkel and Marein-Efron serve as Class I directors and will stand for election at 2023 annual meeting; they also join the Audit Committee.
- Kunkel is retired EY Partner (1984-2021); Marein-Efron is CFO of Urban Outfitters.
- Non-employee director compensation: $90k annual retainer, $15k Audit Committee retainer, and $150k RSU award per year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001546417-22-000077
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLMN
- cik: 0001546417
- company_name: Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641722000077/0001546417-22-000077-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641722000077/blmn-20220822.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julie Kunkel was appointed as Director at Bloomin' Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board increased the size of the Board from nine (9) directors to eleven (11) directors and appointed Julie Kunkel and Melanie Marein-Efron as directors of the Company, effective August 22, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641722000077/0001546417-22-000077-index.htm
- Executive change
  Melanie Marein-Efron was appointed as Director at Bloomin' Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board increased the size of the Board from nine (9) directors to eleven (11) directors and appointed Julie Kunkel and Melanie Marein-Efron as directors of the Company, effective August 22, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641722000077/0001546417-22-000077-index.htm

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