---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-003965"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BJRI"
cik: "0001013488"
company_name: "BJs RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:13:46.502540+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BJ's Restaurants holds annual meeting; all director nominees elected, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- Shareholders elected all 11 director nominees; non-votes ranged from 454K to 5.6M for some.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 19.5M For, 489K Against, 102K Abstain.
- Frequency of future advisory votes set to every year (18.7M votes); board adopted annual frequency.
- Ratification of KPMG as FY2023 auditor: 22.0M For, 5.5K Against, 4.5K Abstain.
- Broker non-votes totaled 1.99M on director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-003965
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BJRI
- cik: 0001013488
- company_name: BJs RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184323003965/0001171843-23-003965-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184323003965/f8k_061623.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-003965
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-003965.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-003965.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BJs RESTAURANTS INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The shareholders approved, on an advisory and non-binding basis, every year as the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. The following votes were cast on the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation: 18,727,297 Every Year; 631 Every 2 Years; 1,318,541 Every 3 Years; 6,000 Abstain.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184323003965/0001171843-23-003965-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BJs RESTAURANTS INC shareholders approved Ratification of Accountants at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The shareholders approved the ratification of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year. The following votes were cast on the ratification: 22,032,289 For; 5,526 Against; 4,529 Abstain.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184323003965/0001171843-23-003965-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BJs RESTAURANTS INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The shareholders approved, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the compensation of named executive officers. The following votes were cast on the compensation of named executive officers: 19,460,835 For; 489,487 Against; 102,147 Abstain.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184323003965/0001171843-23-003965-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BJs RESTAURANTS INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: Election of Directors . Gregory S. Levin, Gerald W. Deitchle, Peter A. Bassi, Larry D. Bouts, Bina Chaurasia, James A. Dal Pozzo, Noah A. Elbogen, Lea Anne S. Ottinger, Julius W. Robinson, Jr., Janet M. Sherlock and Gregory A. Trojan were nominated and elected at the meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184323003965/0001171843-23-003965-index.htm

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