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accession: "0001789940-26-000065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FWRG"
cik: "0001789940"
company_name: "First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-21T20:14:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T22:09:31.323438+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Watch Restaurant Group stockholders elect directors, approve executive compensation at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Stockholders elected Irene Chang Britt, Charles Jemley, and Rachel Tipograph as Class II directors to serve until 2029.
- Advisory resolution on executive compensation received 31,155,497 votes for and 17,633,414 against.
- Stockholders approved an annual vote frequency for future advisory votes on exec compensation with 46,337,934 votes for one year.
- Ratified appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year ending December 27, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001789940-26-000065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FWRG
- cik: 0001789940
- company_name: First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T20:14:40+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994026000065/0001789940-26-000065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994026000065/fwrg-20260520.htm

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