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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001546417-26-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLMN"
cik: "0001546417"
company_name: "Bloomin' Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:12:02.050495+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bloomin' Brands annual meeting: all director nominees elected; blank-check preferred stock proposal approved

## Summary
- 88.71% of shares represented; 9 director nominees elected with at least 59.8M votes for.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as auditor with 73.3M for, 2.3M against.
- Say-on-pay approved with 62.9M for, 2.9M against; incentive plan approved with 56.0M for.
- Shareholder proposal on blank-check preferred stock approved: 38.0M for, 27.9M against.
- Proposal on employee retention demographics did not pass (6.0M for, 59.8M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001546417-26-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLMN
- cik: 0001546417
- company_name: Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641726000019/0001546417-26-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000154641726000019/blmn-20260422.htm

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