
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGEACTOF1934 For the fiscal year ended December 28, 2025 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF1934 RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS,INC.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Securities Registered Pursuant to Section12(g) of the Act: None. Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule405 of the Securities Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section13 or 15(d) of the Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)has filed all reports required to be filed by Section13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during thepreceding 12months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)has been subject to such filing requirements for the past90days.YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule405 of RegulationS-T(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging growthcompany. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule12b-2 of the ExchangeAct. LargeacceleratedfilerAccelerated filerNon-acceleratedfilerSmallerreportingcompanyEmerging growthcompany If an emerging growth company, indicate by checkmark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revisedfinancial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control overfinancial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflectthe correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any ofthe registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Act). YesNo The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates (based on the closing price on the last business day of the registrant'smost recently completed second fiscal quarter on The Nasdaq Global Select Market) was $83.1million. All executive officers and directors of the registrant have beendeemed, solely for the purpose of the foregoing calculation, to be "affiliates" of the registrant. There were 18,074,472 shares of common stock outstanding as of February18, 2026. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Certain information required for Items10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of PartIII of this Annual Report on Form10-K is incorporated by reference to the registrant's definitiveproxy statement for the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, which will be filed within 120 days of December 28, 2025 (the "2026 Proxy Statement"). RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS,INC. TABLE OF CONTENTS PagePART IITEM 1.Business1ITEM 1A.Risk Factors9ITEM 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments19ITEM 1C.Cybersecurity20ITEM 2.Properties21ITEM 3.Legal Proceedings21ITEM 4.Mine Safety Disclosures21PART IIITEM 5.Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities22ITEM 6.Reserved23ITEM 7.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations23ITEM 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk37ITEM 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data38ITEM 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure68ITEM 9A.Controls and Procedures68ITEM 9B.Other Information70ITEM 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections70PART IIIITEM 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance70ITEM 11.Executive Compensation70ITEM 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters70ITEM 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence70ITEM 14.Principal Acco