---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-005017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BJRI"
cik: "0001013488"
company_name: "BJs RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:33:15.621864+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BJ's Restaurants appoints Lyle Tick as President & Chief Concept Officer

## Summary
- Lyle Tick appointed President & Chief Concept Officer effective Sept 9, 2024; previously Brand President of Buffalo Wild Wings.
- Base salary $600K ($800K if named CEO), annual bonus target 70% (100% if CEO), $200K signing bonus, $600K initial equity grant.
- Tick to receive $7,500/month housing allowance, $1,500/month auto allowance, up to $15K legal fee reimbursement.
- Tick may become CEO by Jan 14, 2026 per agreement; severance enhanced if CEO at termination.
- Term through Dec 31, 2028 with auto-renewal; non-solicitation and non-disparagement covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-005017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BJRI
- cik: 0001013488
- company_name: BJs RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184324005017/0001171843-24-005017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184324005017/f8k_090324.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-005017.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lyle D. Tick was appointed as President and Chief Concept Officer at BJs RESTAURANTS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Concept Officer
  source text: On September 3, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved the appointment of Lyle D. Tick as the President and Chief Concept Officer of the Company effective on September 9, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184324005017/0001171843-24-005017-index.htm

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