Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
             Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
             Certain Officers.

On May 29, 2020, Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders approved the Bloomin' Brands, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the "2020 Plan"), which was unanimously approved by the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") on April 8, 2020, subject to stockholder approval. The results of the stockholder vote on the approval of the 2020 Plan are set forth below under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The summary of the 2020 Plan included in Proposal 4 of the Company's

Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2020 (the "Proxy Statement") is incorporated herein by reference. Such summary is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the 2020 Plan, which is attached as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement, and is also incorporated herein by reference.

Forms of the award agreements for the 2020 Plan are attached as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company's Annual Meeting was held on May 29, 2020. A total of 80,148,022 shares of Common Stock, representing 91.62% of the shares outstanding and eligible to vote and constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. The results of voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:



1.     Stockholders elected each of the following two nominees as a director to
       serve for a term to expire at the 2023 Annual Meeting and until their
       successors have been duly elected and qualified, as set forth below.



Name               Votes For    Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
James R. Craigie   70,941,188     2,663,220       39,130         6,504,484
David J. Deno      71,009,101     2,596,763       37,674         6,504,484



2.     Stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the
       Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal
       year ending December 27, 2020, as set forth below.

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 75,233,719 4,844,620 69,683

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3.     Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the
       Company's named executive officers, as set forth below.



Votes For    Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
56,561,377    17,038,637       43,524         6,504,484



4.     Stockholders approved the Bloomin' Brands, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive
       Compensation Plan, as set forth below.



Votes For    Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
60,416,837    13,188,497       38,204         6,504,484

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5.     Stockholders approved the non-binding stockholder proposal that the Board
       take steps necessary to eliminate the classified Board structure.

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 62,207,994 11,392,813 42,731 6,504,484





6.     Stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal that the Board issue
       a report assessing how the Company could increase efforts to mitigate
       supply chain greenhouse gas emissions.



Votes For    Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
19,440,911    53,881,600       321,027        6,504,484

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits





(d) Exhibits.

    Exhibit
    Number        Description

    10.1            Bloomin' Brands, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
                  (incorporated herein by reference to the Definitive Proxy
                  Statement filed by Bloomin' Brands, Inc. on April 9, 2020)
    10.2            Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for restricted
                  stock granted to directors under the Bloomin' Brands, Inc. 2020
                  Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
    10.3            Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement for options
                  granted to executive management under the Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
                  2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
    10.4            Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for restricted
                  stock granted to executive management under the Bloomin' Brands,
                  Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
    10.5            Form of Performance Award Agreement for performance units
                  granted to executive management under the Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
                  2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
    10.6            Form of Restricted Cash Award Agreement for cash awards
                  granted to executive management under the Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
                  2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
    104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline
                  XBRL document)




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