Welcome to our dedicated page for First Watch Restaurant Group SEC filings (Ticker: FWRG), a comprehensive resource for investors and traders seeking official regulatory documents including 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly earnings, 8-K material events, and insider trading forms.
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FWRG) files reports and disclosures with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a publicly traded company in the full-service restaurant industry. On this page, you can review its SEC filings alongside AI-powered summaries that help explain the key points in each document.
First Watch uses current reports on Form 8-K to announce material events such as quarterly financial results, supplemental investor presentations and secondary offerings by selling shareholders. For example, the company has filed 8-Ks to furnish press releases on results for fiscal quarters, to describe underwriting agreements for offerings of common stock by selling shareholders and to report corrections to underwriting agreement schedules. These filings often reference registration statements on Form S-3 and prospectus supplements used in connection with such offerings.
In its 8-K filings, First Watch also includes definitions of operating and non-GAAP metrics used in its communications, such as system-wide restaurants, system-wide sales, same-restaurant sales growth, same-restaurant traffic growth, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, restaurant level operating profit and restaurant level operating profit margin. Reviewing these definitions in the filings can help investors understand how the company evaluates its restaurant base and overall performance.
Through this filings page, you can access First Watch’s real-time updates from EDGAR, including Forms 8-K and related exhibits. AI-generated overviews highlight the main topics, such as results of operations, other events and underwriting agreements, so you can quickly see what each filing covers before reading the full text.
For users interested in deeper analysis, the filings page also connects these current reports to the broader reporting framework referenced in company press releases, which point to annual and quarterly reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q available on the SEC’s website.
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. ownership disclosure: a group led by Millennium affiliates and Israel A. Englander reports shared voting and dispositive power over roughly 3.07 million shares, representing 5.0% of Common Stock (CUSIP 33748L101) as indicated on the cover pages. The filing is a joint Schedule 13G with a Joint Filing Agreement dated March 30, 2026.
The filing lists four reporting parties—Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Millennium Group Management LLC and Israel A. Englander—and states the shares are held by entities subject to voting control and investment discretion by Millennium Management LLC and related managers.
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. reported a change in its senior leadership, terminating the employment of Dan Jones, its Chief Operations Officer, effective March 27, 2026, as part of a restructuring of the company’s operations leadership structure. Following his departure, the company’s operations leadership will report directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer. The company expressed appreciation for Mr. Jones’s contributions during what it described as a transformational period for the business.
First Watch Restaurant Group Inc Schedule 13G/A amendment states that The Vanguard Group reports 0 shares beneficially owned and 0% of the common stock following an internal realignment described in the filing. The realignment, referenced to SEC Release No. 34-39538, directs certain Vanguard subsidiaries and business divisions to report ownership separately as of January 12, 2026. The filing is signed by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration, dated 03/26/2026.
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. Chief Operations Officer John Daniel Jones reported an open-market sale of 1,697 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $12.52 per share. These shares were sold by the company’s broker under a mandatory “sell to cover” program tied to the vesting of restricted stock units, with proceeds used to cover required tax withholding rather than representing a discretionary trade. Following this transaction, Jones directly holds 84,725 shares of common stock.
First Watch Restaurant Group’s Chief Development Officer Eric Richard Hartman had 1,819 shares of common stock sold on his behalf at a weighted average price of $12.52 per share. The issuer executed these sales to cover tax withholding tied to vesting restricted stock units, so they were not discretionary trades by Hartman. After these transactions, he directly holds 244,530 shares of First Watch common stock.
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. President and CEO Christopher Anthony Tomasso reported an open-market sale of 25,062 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $12.52 per share. According to the footnotes, this was a mandatory sale executed by the company to cover tax withholding obligations arising from the vesting of restricted stock units and did not represent a discretionary trade by Tomasso.
Following the transaction, Tomasso directly holds 957,315 shares of common stock. He also has indirect holdings of 71,768 shares through Big Fish Investments LLC and 500 shares held by his daughter, as shown in the filing.
First Watch Restaurant Group Chief People Officer sells shares for tax withholding. Laura Anne Sorensen had 1,697 shares of common stock sold on March 17, 2026 at a weighted average price of $12.52 per share. After this transaction, she directly holds 237,353 shares.
According to the disclosure, the shares were sold by the company’s broker on Sorensen’s behalf under a mandatory sell-to-cover policy tied to the vesting of restricted stock units, meaning the sale was not a discretionary trade and was used to cover tax withholding obligations. The price reflects multiple trades between $11.98 and $12.70, with proceeds allocated pro rata among participating employees.
First Watch Restaurant Group CFO Hope H. Melville III reported a small, mandatory sale of 3,878 shares of common stock. The shares were sold on March 17, 2026 at a weighted average price of $12.52 per share to cover tax withholding on vested restricted stock units.
The sales were executed by a broker on behalf of multiple employees under the company’s policies and were not discretionary trades by the CFO. After these transactions, Melville directly holds 111,787 shares of First Watch common stock.
First Watch Restaurant Group’s Chief Legal Officer Jay Anthony Wolszczak reported a tax-related sale of 3,161 shares of common stock. The shares were sold by the company on his behalf to cover required tax withholding tied to the vesting of restricted stock units, rather than a discretionary trade. The weighted average sale price was $12.52 per share, based on multiple trades between $11.98 and $12.70. Following these sales, he continues to hold 228,930 shares of First Watch common stock directly.
First Watch Restaurant Group’s Chief Brand Officer, Matthew Eisenacher, reported a sale of 2,760 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $12.52 per share. These shares were sold by the company’s broker to cover required tax withholding tied to vesting restricted stock units.
The filing explains that this was a mandatory, non-discretionary sell-to-cover transaction carried out on behalf of employees, with prices ranging from $11.98 to $12.70. After this tax-related sale, Eisenacher directly holds 67,223 shares of First Watch common stock.