{"url_path":"/sec/fwrg/8-k/2026-05-21/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-21","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/0001789940-26-000065-index.html","accession_number":"0001789940-26-000065","cik":"0001789940","ticker":"FWRG","issuer_name":"First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/0001789940-26-000065-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001789940","primary_entity_name":"First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc."},"word_count":438,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07 - Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nOn May 20, 2026, First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (1) elected each of the Company’s Class II director nominees as Class II directors, (2) approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation paid to our named executive officers, (3) approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, an annual vote frequency for future advisory votes on the compensation paid to our named executive officers, and (4) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 27, 2026. A more complete description of each proposal is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2026. The final results with respect to each proposal are set forth below.\n\nProposal One - Election of Class II Directors\n\nThe stockholders elected each of the three nominees named below as Class II directors to serve until the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. The results of such vote were:\n\nClass II Director Nominee\n\nFor\n\nWithheld\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\nIrene Chang Britt\n\n32,303,226\n\n16,803,210\n\n9,564,764\n\nCharles Jemley\n\n44,382,160\n\n4,724,276\n\n9,564,764\n\nRachel Tipograph\n\n47,187,755\n\n1,918,681\n\n9,564,764\n\nProposal Two - Advisory Resolution on Executive Compensation\n\nThe stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation paid to our named executive officers. The results of such vote were:\n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstentions\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n31,155,497\n\n17,633,414\n\n317,525\n\n9,564,764\n\nProposal Three - Advisory Resolution on the Frequency of Future Votes on Executive Compensation\n\nThe stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, an annual vote frequency for future advisory votes on the compensation paid to our named executive officers. The results of such vote were:\n\n1 Year\n\n2 Years\n\n3 Years\n\nAbstentions\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n46,337,934\n\n28,283\n\n2,681,394\n\n58,825\n\n9,564,764\n\nProposal Four - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm\n\nThe stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 27, 2026. The results of such vote were:\n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstentions\n\n56,336,412\n\n2,303,109\n\n31,679\n\n    \n\nSIGNATURE\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\nFirst Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.\n\n(Registrant)\n\nDate: May 21, 2026\n\nBy:\n\n/s/ Jay Wolszczak\n\nName:\n\nJay Wolszczak\n\nTitle:\n\nChief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary"}