--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001628280-23-012060" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "BLMN" cik: "0001546417" company_name: "Bloomin' Brands, Inc." filed_at: "2023-04-19T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-16T23:35:18.567969+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.4 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Bloomin' Brands stockholders approve special meeting right and officer exculpation; all management proposals pass ## Summary - Charter amendment granting 25%+ holders right to call special meetings approved: 67.6M for, 1.1M against. - Officer exculpation consistent with DGCL approved: 60.7M for, 9.7M against. - All six director nominees elected (e.g., Julie Kunkel 72.8M for; Lawrence Jackson 70.3M for). - PwC ratified as auditor (77.5M for, 2.9M against); advisory say-on-pay approved (71.4M for). - Stockholder proposal for science-based GHG targets rejected (31.3M for, 41.7M against). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001628280-23-012060 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: BLMN - cik: 0001546417 - company_name: Bloomin' Brands, Inc. - filed_at: 2023-04-19T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.4 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000162828023012060/0001628280-23-012060-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000162828023012060/blmn-20230418.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-012060 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-012060.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-012060.txt ## Key facts - Governance Changes Bloomin' Brands, Inc.: Amended charter to provide stockholders holding 25% or more of common stock the right to request special meetings and to permit officer exculpation consistent with DGCL (effective 2023-04-19). - Change: charter amendment - Effective: 2023-04-19 source text: On April 18, 2023, the stockholders of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) at its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) approved amendments (the “Amendments”) to the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to (a) provide stockholders holding a combined 25% or more of the Company’s common stock with the right to request special meetings of stockholders (the “Special Meeting Amendment”) and (b) permit the exculpation of officers consistent with changes to Delaware General Corporation Law. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000162828023012060/0001628280-23-012060-index.htm - Governance Changes Bloomin' Brands, Inc.: Adopted amended bylaws to implement procedural safeguards for stockholder special meetings and update universal proxy rules under Rule 14a-19. - Change: bylaw amendment source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved and adopted the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Amended Bylaws”). evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000162828023012060/0001628280-23-012060-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Bloomin' Brands, Inc. shareholders approved Amendments to Charter to permit exculpation of officers consistent with Delaware General Corporation Law at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 source text: Stockholders approved the amendments to the Company’s Charter to permit the exculpation of officers consistent with changes to Delaware General Corporation Law evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000162828023012060/0001628280-23-012060-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Bloomin' Brands, Inc. shareholders approved Stockholder proposal to adopt stockholder right to call a special stockholder meeting (Stockholder Special Meeting Proposal) at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 source text: Stockholders approved a stockholder proposal to adopt a stockholder right to call a special stockholder meeting (the “Stockholder Special Meeting Proposal”) evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000162828023012060/0001628280-23-012060-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Bloomin' Brands, Inc. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 source text: Stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000162828023012060/0001628280-23-012060-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Bloomin' Brands, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered certified public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 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 31, 2023 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000162828023012060/0001628280-23-012060-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Bloomin' Brands, Inc. shareholders approved Election of six director nominees for a one-year term expiring at the 2024 annual meeting at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 source text: Stockholders elected each of the following six nominees as a director to serve for a one-year term expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000162828023012060/0001628280-23-012060-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Bloomin' Brands, Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal requesting issuance of near- and long-term science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 source text: Stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal requesting that the Company issue near- and long-term science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000162828023012060/0001628280-23-012060-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Bloomin' Brands, Inc. shareholders approved Amendments to Charter to provide stockholders holding combined 25% or more of common stock with right to request special meetings of stockholders (BLMN Special Meeting Proposal) at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 source text: Stockholders approved the amendments to the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to provide stockholders holding a combined 25% or more of the Company’s common stock with the right to request special meetings of stockholders (the “BLMN Special Meeting Proposal”) evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546417/000162828023012060/0001628280-23-012060-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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