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The Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLMN) SEC filings page on Stock Titan provides access to the company’s regulatory disclosures as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As one of the largest casual dining restaurant companies, with brands including Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, Bloomin’ Brands uses its SEC reports to present detailed information about its operations, capital structure and governance.
Through filings such as Form 8-K, the company reports material events including quarterly and annual financial results, leadership changes, executive compensation arrangements, interest rate swap transactions and updates to severance plans. These documents often reference key performance indicators like restaurant sales, franchise and other revenues, restaurant-level operating margin, adjusted operating income margin and comparable restaurant sales by brand and segment.
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Investors can use this resource to follow Bloomin’ Brands’ formal disclosures about its U.S. and international segments, its mix of company-owned and franchised restaurants, its use of non-GAAP financial measures and its risk management activities, including interest rate swap agreements. The filings page also helps users quickly identify items related to executive transitions, compensation plans and other governance matters that are documented in the company’s current reports and other SEC submissions.
Starboard Value and related funds filed an amended Schedule 13D on Bloomin' Brands, Inc., disclosing reduced beneficial ownership but continued economic exposure. As of May 8, 2026 they beneficially owned 4,180,992 common shares, or 4.9% of Bloomin' Brands’ 85,614,287 outstanding shares.
Through cash-settled total return swaps across several Starboard entities, they have economic exposure to an additional 3,827,119 notional shares. Including these positions, the group reports economic exposure to 8,008,111 shares, representing about 9.3% of the company. The filing notes that, as of May 8, 2026, the reporting persons ceased to beneficially own more than 5% of Bloomin' Brands’ outstanding shares.
Bloomin’ Brands reported steady first‑quarter results for the thirteen weeks ended March 29, 2026. Total revenues rose to $1.06 billion from $1.05 billion, driven mainly by modest U.S. comparable sales growth and contributions from new restaurants, partially offset by closures.
Net income attributable to Bloomin’ Brands increased to $55.7 million from $42.2 million, and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations improved to $0.64 versus $0.50. Restaurant‑level operating margin ticked up to 14.0%, reflecting pricing, cost‑saving and productivity initiatives, and lower advertising, which helped offset commodity, labor and other inflation.
The company generated $75.4 million in net cash from operating activities and ended the quarter with $71.3 million in cash and $755 million of long‑term debt, primarily under its revolving credit facility and 2029 notes. Management highlighted progress under its turnaround strategy, centered on improving the Outback Steakhouse brand, guest experience and restaurant investments while maintaining compliance with debt covenants.
Bloomin’ Brands reported higher earnings for Q1 2026, with diluted EPS from continuing operations of $0.64 versus $0.50 in Q1 2025 and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.67 versus $0.59, reflecting fewer restructuring costs and improved restaurant profitability.
Total revenues were $1,059.7 million, up 1.0% from $1,049.6 million, as higher comparable sales and average check helped offset cost inflation. GAAP operating income margin edged up to 5.6%, while adjusted operating margin was 5.9%. Combined U.S. comparable restaurant sales rose 0.9%, with Bonefish Grill up 6.1% and Outback Steakhouse slightly down 0.3%.
The company reaffirmed its full-year 2026 outlook and expects Q2 2026 U.S. comparable sales growth of 1%–2%, diluted EPS of $0.24–$0.29, and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.27–$0.32, based on approximately 86 million diluted shares.
Bloomin' Brands director Tara Walpert Levy exercised restricted stock units into common shares. On the reported date, 19,746 RSUs converted into 19,746 shares of common stock at a stated price of $0.00 per share, reflecting equity compensation vesting rather than an open-market trade.
The footnotes explain that each RSU represented the right to receive one common share and that the original grant of 19,746 RSUs fully vested immediately prior to the company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. Following this conversion, Levy directly holds 89,622 shares of Bloomin' Brands common stock.
Bloomin' Brands director David C. George reported equity compensation changes. He exercised 25,478 restricted stock units, receiving the same number of common shares, and now directly holds 34,047 shares of common stock.
He also received a new grant of 23,485 restricted stock units, each representing the right to one share of common stock upon vesting. According to the disclosure, these 23,485 RSUs will fully vest immediately prior to Bloomin' Brands' annual meeting of stockholders in 2027, while the 25,478 RSUs exercised had fully vested immediately prior to the 2026 annual meeting. These are compensation-related equity awards rather than open-market stock purchases or sales.
Bloomin' Brands director Julie T. Kunkel reported equity compensation activity. She exercised 19,746 restricted stock units, receiving the same number of common shares at a $0.00 exercise price, bringing her direct common stock holdings to 36,277 shares.
She was also granted 23,485 new RSUs, each representing one share of common stock, which will fully vest immediately before the company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders. In addition, an IRA for her benefit holds 6,065.4826 common shares as an indirect position.
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. director John Mahoney exercised restricted stock units into common shares and received a new equity grant. He converted 19,746 RSUs, each representing one share of common stock, which had fully vested immediately prior to the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. Following these transactions, he directly holds 97,580 shares of common stock. He was also granted a new award of 23,485 RSUs, which will fully vest immediately prior to the company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders.
Bloomin' Brands director James L. Dinkins exercised 19,746 restricted stock units into the same number of common shares, reflecting previously granted equity that fully vested before the company’s 2026 annual stockholder meeting. He also received a new award of 23,485 restricted stock units, scheduled to fully vest just before the 2027 annual meeting. Following these compensation-related equity moves, he directly holds 23,156 common shares and 23,485 RSUs, with no open derivative positions reported in this filing.
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. director Rohit Lal reported routine equity compensation activity. He exercised previously vested restricted stock units (RSUs) covering 19,746 shares of Common Stock, bringing his direct holdings to 49,902.085 shares after the transaction. The related RSU award was reduced to zero. Lal also received a new grant of 23,485 RSUs, each representing the contingent right to receive one share of common stock upon vesting. According to the disclosure, these RSUs will fully vest immediately prior to the company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2027, while the exercised RSUs had fully vested immediately prior to the 2026 annual meeting.