Bloomin' Brands Inc.

04/24/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/24/2024 15:07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders - Form 8-K

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On April 23, 2024, the Company held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). A total of 82,145,369 shares of Common Stock, representing 94.34% of the shares outstanding and eligible to vote and constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. The results of voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

1.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

2.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 -

3.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

4.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