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STATES\n\nSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION\n\nWashington, D.C. 20549\n\n \n\nFORM 10-K\n\n \n\n(Mark one)\n\n☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nFor the fiscal year ended December 30, 2025\n\nOR\n\n☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nFor the transition period from to\n\nCommission file number 0-21423\n\n \n\nBJ’S RESTAURANTS, INC.\n\n(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)\n\n \n\n \n\nCalifornia\n\n33-0485615\n\n(State or other jurisdiction of\n\nincorporation or organization)\n\n(I.R.S. Employer\n\nIdentification Number)\n\n \n\n7755 Center Avenue, Suite 300\n\nHuntington Beach, California 92647\n\n(714) 500-2400\n\n(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including\n\narea code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)\n\nSecurities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:\n\n \n\nTitle of Each Class\n\n \n\nTrading Symbol\n\n \n\nName of each Exchange on Which Registered\n\nCommon Stock, No Par Value\n\n \n\nBJRI\n\n \n\nNASDAQ Global Select Market\n\nSecurities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:\n\nNone\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.\n\n \n\nLarge accelerated filer\n\n☒\n\nAccelerated filer\n\n☐\n\n \n\n \n\nNon-accelerated filer\n\n☐\n\nSmaller reporting company\n\n☐\n\n \n\nEmerging growth company\n\n☐\n\nIf an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒\n\nIf securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during relevant recovery period pursuant to Section 240.10D-1(b). ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒\n\nThe aggregate market value of the common stock of the Registrant (“Common Stock”) held by non-affiliates as of the last business day of the second fiscal quarter, July 1, 2025, was $1,003,428,121, calculated based on the closing price of our common stock as reported by the NASDAQ Global Select Market on such date.\n\nAs of February 25, 2026, 21,197,187 shares of the common stock of the Registrant were outstanding.\n\nDOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE\n\nCertain portions of the following documents are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K: The Registrant’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 11, 2026.\n\nAuditor Name: KPMG LLP Auditor Location: Los Angeles, California Auditor Firm ID: 185\n\nINDEX\n\n \n\nPART I"}