Philip J Pace, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLMN), filed an amended statement of changes in beneficial ownership on September 11, 2026, correcting the number of shares withheld for tax obligations tied to a September 3, 2026 restricted stock unit vesting.

Key Highlights

  • Reporting person: Philip J Pace, SVP and Chief Accounting Officer of Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
  • Transaction date: September 3, 2026, involving Common Stock with transaction code F (tax withholding).
  • Shares withheld: 1,276 shares disposed of at a price of $9.73 per share.
  • Beneficial ownership after transaction: 56,704 shares of Common Stock held directly.
  • Amendment reason: The filing corrects the number of shares withheld after the original settlement was cancelled and reprocessed to reflect the reporting person's standing tax withholding election.
  • Original filing date: September 8, 2026; amended filing signed by Allison Hicks, Attorney in Fact, on September 11, 2026.

Corrected Tax Withholding Details for Bloomin' Brands Accounting Officer

According to the amended filing, the transaction reported is a disposition of Common Stock under transaction code F, which indicates shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations. Bloomin' Brands, Inc. is a restaurant company whose shares trade on NASDAQ under the symbol BLMN. The filing states that 1,276 shares of Common Stock were disposed of on September 3, 2026, at a price of $9.73 per share, in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units granted to Pace.

The filing explains that this amendment, designated as a Form 4/A, was necessitated because "the original settlement was cancelled and reprocessed to reflect the reporting person's standing tax withholding election." As a result of this corrected withholding amount, the filing discloses that Pace directly holds 56,704 shares of Common Stock following the transaction. The filing further notes that "all other information remains unchanged" from the original filing dated September 8, 2026. No derivative securities transactions were reported in the amendment.

What Was Disclosed

The amended filing corrects the share count withheld for taxes upon the September 3, 2026 vesting of restricted stock units held by Philip J Pace, SVP and Chief Accounting Officer of Bloomin' Brands, resulting in a restated post-transaction beneficial ownership of 56,704 shares of Common Stock held directly.