RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS, INC.​

10000 E. Geddes Avenue, Suite 500

Englewood, CO 80112

(303) 846-6000

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To Be Held on May 14, 2026

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When: 8:00 a.m. MDT on Thursday, May 14, 2026

Where: Red Robin’s Yummm U, located at 10000 E. Geddes Avenue, Suite 500, Englewood, Colorado 80112 for the following purposes:

Items of Business:

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Proposal 1: To elect Anthony Ackil, Steven Lumpkin, Christopher Martin, David Pace, James Pappas, Nicole Miller Regan, and Anddria Varnado as directors of the Company for one-year terms;

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Proposal 2: To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers;

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Proposal 3: To approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of authorized shares available for issuance;

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Proposal 4: To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2026; and

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To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

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We intend to hold our annual meeting in person again this year. As always, we encourage you to vote your shares prior to the annual meeting.

Record Date: Stockholders as of March 17, 2026 are entitled to vote.

Annual Report: Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (“we” or the “Company”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) an annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2025. A copy of the annual report on Form 10-K has been made available concurrently with this proxy statement to all of our stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting. In addition, you may obtain a copy of the annual report on Form 10-K, without charge, by writing to Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., Attn: Stockholder Services, 10000 E. Geddes Avenue, Suite 500, Englewood, Colorado 80112.

Who Can Attend: All stockholders as of the record date, or their duly appointed proxies, may attend the meeting. If you are not a stockholder of record but hold shares through a bank, broker, or other holder of record, you should provide proof of beneficial ownership on the record date, such as a legal proxy or your most recent account statement as of March 17, 2026 or other similar evidence of ownership. If you do not have valid, current, government- issued photo identification, such as a driver’s license, or proof of your stock ownership, you will not be admitted to the meeting. Registration and seating will begin at 7:30 a.m. MDT.

Date of Mailing: This Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and related proxy materials are being distributed or made available to stockholders beginning on or about March 26, 2026.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

Whether or not you plan to attend, it is important that your shares be voted at the meeting.

Please refer to your proxy card or Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for more information on how to vote your shares at the meeting and return your voting instructions as promptly as possible. Thank you for your continued support of Red Robin.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Sarah Mussetter

Secretary

Englewood, Colorado

March 26, 2026

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities regulatory agency has passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the disclosure in this document. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.