---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001789940-24-000122"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FWRG"
cik: "0001789940"
company_name: "First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:06:30.746843+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Watch appoints Charles Jemley and Michael Fleisher to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Director Julie M.B. Bradley resigned effective Aug 20, 2024, to pursue other interests; no disagreements with Company.
- Charles Jemley appointed Class II director and Audit Committee chair, effective Aug 22, 2024; receives $140k RSU grant.
- Michael Fleisher appointed Class I director effective Nov 1, 2024; also receives $140k RSU grant on Nov 2.
- Jemley served as CFO of Dutch Bros (Aug 2021-May 2024) and held senior roles at Starbucks and Yum! Brands.
- Fleisher served as CFO of Wayfair (Oct 2013-Nov 2022) and as CEO of Gartner (1999-2004); sits on Squarespace board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001789940-24-000122
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FWRG
- cik: 0001789940
- company_name: First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994024000122/0001789940-24-000122-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994024000122/fwrg-20240820.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Fleisher was appointed as Director at First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 22, 2024, the Board increased the number of directors of the Company from nine to ten, and appointed Michael Fleisher to serve as a Class I director, effective November 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994024000122/0001789940-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Charles Jemley was appointed as Director at First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 22, 2024, the Board appointed Charles Jemley as a Class II director to fill the vacancy on the Board resulting from the resignation of Ms. Bradley, with such appointment effective August 22, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994024000122/0001789940-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Julie M.B. Bradley resigned as Director at First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 20, 2024, Julie M.B. Bradley, who has been a director of First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (the “Company”) since January 2020, informed the Company of her intent to resign from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective immediately to pursue other professional interests.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994024000122/0001789940-24-000122-index.htm

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