---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001546417-24-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLMN"
cik: "0001546417"
company_name: "Bloomin' Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T09:36:05.024752+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bloomin' Brands shareholders elect all 10 directors, reject written consent proposal

## Summary
- Ten director nominees elected; R. Michael Mohan received ~69.96M votes for vs. 6.81M against.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY2024 passed with 79.6M for, 2.5M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with ~74.8M for, 2.0M against.
- Stockholder proposal to adopt right to act by written consent rejected: 31.6M for, 45.1M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001546417-24-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLMN
- cik: 0001546417
- company_name: Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641724000076/0001546417-24-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641724000076/blmn-20240423.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Bloomin' Brands, Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal to adopt a stockholder right to act by written consent at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal to adopt a stockholder right to act by written consent, as set forth below. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 31,595,715 45,105,210 93,806 5,350,638
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641724000076/0001546417-24-000076-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bloomin' Brands, Inc. shareholders approved Election of ten nominees as directors to serve for a one-year term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Stockholders elected each of the following ten nominees as a director to serve for a one-year term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, as set forth below. Name Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes David J. Deno 76,639,961 142,832 11,938 5,350,638 David George 76,717,219 64,865 12,647 5,350,638 Lawrence V. Jackson 75,774,374 999,662 20,695 5,350,638 Julie Kunkel 76,661,552 118,985 14,194 5,350,638 Rohil Lal 76,709,556 71,833 13,342 5,350,638 Tara Walpert Levy 75,894,543 849,760 50,428 5,350,638 John J. Mahoney 75,219,959 1,548,623 26,149 5,350,638 Melanie Marein-Efron 76,655,246 126,465 13,020 5,350,638 R. Michael Mohan 69,958,235 6,811,291 25,205 5,350,638 Jonathon Sagal 76,472,390 310,264 12,077 5,350,638
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641724000076/0001546417-24-000076-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bloomin' Brands, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 29, 2024 at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 29, 2024, as set forth below. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 79,609,028 2,505,407 30,934 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641724000076/0001546417-24-000076-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bloomin' Brands, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth below. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 74,776,517 1,972,199 46,015 5,350,638
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641724000076/0001546417-24-000076-index.htm

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