---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-000350"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BJRI"
cik: "0001013488"
company_name: "BJs RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T21:47:44.124457+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BJ's Restaurants announces departure of EVP and Chief Growth and Innovation Officer Putnam K. Shin

## Summary
- Putnam K. Shin will no longer serve as EVP and Chief Growth and Innovation Officer effective January 17, 2025.
- No successor or reason for departure provided in the filing.
- Shin had been responsible for growth and innovation strategy at the casual dining chain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-000350
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BJRI
- cik: 0001013488
- company_name: BJs RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184325000350/0001171843-25-000350-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184325000350/f8k_011625.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-000350
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-000350.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-000350.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Putnam K. Shin departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Growth and Innovation Officer at BJs RESTAURANTS INC.
  - Action: would no longer serve
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Growth and Innovation Officer
  source text: BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that, effective January 17, 2025, Putnam K. Shin would no longer serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Growth and Innovation Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184325000350/0001171843-25-000350-index.htm

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