---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-059804"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RRGB"
cik: "0001171759"
company_name: "RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-01T20:10:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-01T20:12:10.581597+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Red Robin completes sale of 108 restaurants for $89.4M; proceeds to cut debt

## Summary
- Sold 108 company-owned restaurants for ~$89.4M gross: Evergreen 30 units ($23.5M), Op Burgers 61 units ($55.9M), Kuber 17 units ($10M).
- Remaining 8 Op Burgers restaurants to close by FY2026 end for ~$6.6M; total 116 units, ~$96M proceeds.
- Proceeds primarily repay credit facility borrowings; supports debt refinancing under First Choice Plan.
- Pro forma long-term debt falls to $67.4M from $163.4M; FY2025 net income swings to +$14.3M from -$23.3M loss.
- Buyers operate restaurants as franchised Red Robin locations under long-term franchise agreements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-059804
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RRGB
- cik: 0001171759
- company_name: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-01T20:10:45+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000162828026059804/0001628280-26-059804-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000162828026059804/rrgb-20260826.htm

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