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Issuer:     BJs RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI)
CIK:        0001013488
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-09T20:30:15+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-26-005956
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BJ's Restaurants appoints Christopher Brandt and James White to board, expanding to 10 directors
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- Effective Sept 3, 2026, Christopher W. Brandt and James D. White appointed as independent directors; board grows from 8 to 10.
- Brandt, former Chipotle President/CMO (2018-2026), joins Governance & Nominating Committee; also on Hershey and Wawa boards.
- White, former Jamba Juice CEO (2008-2016), joins Compensation Committee; also on CAVA, Simply Good Foods, Honest Company boards.
- CEO Lyle Tick cites their brand/marketing and operator/director expertise to support sustainable growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184326005956/0001171843-26-005956-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184326005956/f8k_090926.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-005956

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