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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

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Pursuant to Instruction to Item 401 of Regulation S‑K and General Instruction G(3) to Form 10‑K, the following information is included in Part I of this Form 10‑K.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

Information about Our Executive Officers

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President and Chief Executive Officer

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Doug Couvillion

Senior Vice President, Sourcing and Supply Chain

Chief Executive Officer - Elect

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

Senior Vice President, Chief Restaurant Supply Chain Officer

Senior Vice President, Retail

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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer

*As previously announced, Ms.

Cochran will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer effective November 1, 2023 and will continue her service on the Company’s Board of Directors as

Executive Chair through her retirement from the Company as of September 30, 2024 (or such earlier date that the Board of Directors of the Company may determine upon 30 days’ prior written notice to Ms.

Masino will assume the role of

President and Chief Executive Officer effective as of November 1, 2023.

The following information summarizes the business experience of each of our executive officers for at least the past five years:

Cochran has been employed with us since 2009 and assumed her current position as President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2011, when she also became a member of our Board of

Cochran has been employed with us since 2009 and assumed her current position as President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2011, when she also became a member of our Board of Directors.

Prior to September 2011, Ms.

Cochran served as our President and Chief Operating Officer since November 2010 and as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from April 2009 to November 2010.

Before joining us in April

2009, she was the Chief Executive Officer of Books-A-Million, Inc.

Cochran has 28 years of experience in the retail industry and thirteen years of experience in the restaurant industry.

Before joining us in April 2009, she was

the Chief Executive Officer of Books-A-Million, Inc.

Cochran has 29 years of experience in the retail industry and fourteen years of experience in the restaurant industry.

Masino joined us in August 2023 as Chief Executive Officer – Elect.

Prior to joining us, she served as President, International of Taco Bell, a subsidiary of Yum!

Brands from January 2020 to

From January 2018 to December 2019, she served as President, North America of Taco Bell.

Masino served as the President, SVP and GM Fisher-Price at Mattel, Inc.

from April 2017 to January 2018.

Prior to her service at Mattel, she

served as the President and then the Chief Executive Officer of Sprinkles Cupcakes from 2014 to 2017.

From 2002 to 2014, Ms.

Masino served in various leadership roles at Starbucks Corporation.

Masino has over 20 years of experience in the

restaurant industry.

Pommells has been employed with us since December 2021 in his current capacity.

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Prior to serving as Chief Financial Officer of Red Lobster Seafood Company, he served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Strategy from January 2015 to October 2020.

Prior to Red Lobster, he spent more than ten years

with Darden Restaurants in various finance and business analytics roles.

Prior to Red Lobster, he spent more than ten years with

Darden Restaurants in various finance and business analytics roles.

Pommells has more than 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry.

Couvillion has been employed with us since 2001.

From 2001 to 2022, he served in various capacities including Senior Vice President of Sourcing and Supply Chain, Senior Vice President and

Interim Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Supply Chain and Quality Assurance and Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer.

Couvillion has 27 years of experience in the restaurant industry and 20 years of experience in the

retail industry.

Spurgin joined us in January 2023 as Senior Vice President, Chief Restaurant Supply Chain Officer.

Prior to January 2023, he served as the Chief Supply Chain Officer for Restaurant Growth

Prior to that, he was with The Cheesecake Factory and Bloomin’ Brands, where he led global procurement, logistics and international supply chain teams.

He has over 30 years of supply chain experience.

Daily has been employed with us as Senior Vice President, Retail since May 2012.

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Spillyards-Schaefer has been employed with us since 2017 and assumed her current position in January 2022.

From 2017 to 2021, she served in various capacities in both operations and home

office functions including Regional Vice President of Restaurant Operations and Vice President of Culinary.

From 2017 to 2021, she served in various capacities in both operations and home office

functions including Regional Vice President of Restaurant Operations and Vice President of Culinary.

Spillyards-Schaefer has over 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry.

Wolfson has been employed with us in his current capacity since July 2017.

From January 2006 to April 2017, he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at CLARCOR

Inc., an industrial company.

From January 2006 to April 2017, he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at CLARCOR Inc.,

an industrial company.

From 2001 to 2006, he was a partner of the InterAmerican Group, an advisory services and private equity firm.

Wolfson has over 30 years of legal experience.

Tate joined us in September 2020 as Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer.

Prior to joining us, she held various positions with Darden Restaurants, Inc., since March 2010, including

serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketer for Olive Garden.

Prior to joining Darden Restaurants, Inc., she served as the Senior Brand Manager of Pizza Hut for Yum!

Brands from October 2007 to March 2010 and as the Brand Manager for

Frito-Lay from August 2002 to October 2007.

Tate has 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry.

Hoffmeister joined us in January 2021 as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.

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Before joining us, she practiced law for ten years, most recently as a partner focused on commercial litigation and employment law.

Jacobs joined us in December 2019 as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer.

From July 2017 to November 2019, she was the Vice President and Corporate Controller

of Bridgestone Americas, Inc., and from 2003 until 2017, she held various positions with increasing responsibility at Deloitte & Touche, LLP, including as a Managing Director from September 2016 until July 2017.

As previously disclosed, Ms.

Jacobs has informed the Company that she will resign effective October 1, 2022 to pursue another professional opportunity.

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