---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001789940-23-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FWRG"
cik: "0001789940"
company_name: "First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T05:16:28.771622+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Michael White resigns; David Paresky appointed to First Watch board

## Summary
- Michael White resigned from the Board effective April 4, 2023; no disagreements with management or Board.
- David Paresky appointed as Class II director effective April 5, 2023, filling the vacancy.
- Paresky is a principal at Advent International (controlling stockholder) and will not receive board compensation.
- Paresky expected to join the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Paresky previously served as VP at Advent (2019-2022) and VP at Thomas H. Lee Partners.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001789940-23-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FWRG
- cik: 0001789940
- company_name: First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994023000035/0001789940-23-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994023000035/fwrg-20230404.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001789940-23-000035
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001789940-23-000035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001789940-23-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Paresky was appointed as Class II director at First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: On April 4, 2023, the Board appointed David Paresky as a Class II director to fill the vacancy on the Board resulting from the resignation of Mr. White, with such appointment effective on April 5, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994023000035/0001789940-23-000035-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael White resigned as Director at First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 4, 2023, Michael White, who has been a director of First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (the “Company”) since April 2019, informed the Company of his intent to resign from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994023000035/0001789940-23-000035-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.