BJ's Restaurants, Inc. filings document the reporting obligations of a California-based public restaurant operator with common stock listed on Nasdaq. Its 8-K filings cover operating results, financial outlooks, comparable restaurant sales, non-GAAP restaurant metrics, share repurchase activity and material corporate events.
The company's proxy and governance filings address director elections, executive compensation, equity awards, shareholder voting matters and board-related disclosures. Other filings describe executive appointments, compensatory arrangements, material agreements, cooperation-agreement provisions, standstill and voting terms, capital-structure matters and risk-related disclosure for its company-owned full-service restaurant business.
BJ's Restaurants CEO Tick Lyle reported equity compensation activity in common stock on January 15, 2026. The filing shows 480 shares were withheld by the company at $45.5 per share to cover minimum statutory taxes upon vesting of restricted stock units. On the same date, Lyle received a new award of 17,583 restricted stock units at $0 per unit, which will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2027. After these transactions, Lyle beneficially owned 32,872 shares of common stock, including 30,305 unvested restricted stock units, reflecting ongoing stock-based compensation rather than an open-market sale.
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. executive Heidi Rogers, Sr. Vice President of Marketing, reported two equity transactions in company common stock on January 15, 2026. The company withheld 762 shares at a price of $45.5 per share to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding on the vesting of restricted stock units. Rogers also received 3,077 shares of common stock at $0 per share as a restricted stock unit award that will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2027. Following these transactions, she directly beneficially owned 8,401 shares of common stock, which the disclosure states includes 4,932 unvested restricted stock units.
BJ's Restaurants executive Christopher P. Pinsak reported routine equity compensation activity. On January 15, 2026, 907 shares of common stock were withheld by the company at $45.50 per share to cover minimum statutory tax withholding upon the vesting of restricted stock units.
On the same date, Pinsak received a grant of 3,957 restricted stock units at no cash cost. This award is scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2027, with each unit representing one share of BJ's Restaurants common stock. Following these transactions, he directly beneficially owned 15,774 shares of common stock, including 5,899 unvested restricted stock units.
BJ's Restaurants executive Alex Puchner reported routine equity compensation-related transactions. On January 15, 2026, the company withheld 762 shares of common stock at $45.50 per share to cover minimum statutory taxes due upon vesting of previously granted restricted stock units. On the same date, Puchner received a new grant of 2,022 restricted stock units at no cash cost, scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments beginning January 15, 2027, with each unit representing one share of common stock. Following these transactions, he beneficially owned 14,773 shares, which includes 3,701 unvested restricted stock units, all held directly.
BJ's Restaurants executive Kendra D. Miller, EVP & General Counsel, reported routine equity compensation activity. On January 15, 2026, 978 shares of common stock were withheld by the company at $45.50 per share to cover minimum statutory tax withholding tied to the vesting of restricted stock units.
On the same date, she was credited with 3,297 shares in the form of a new restricted stock unit award at a stated price of $0. This award will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2027, with each unit representing a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. Following these transactions, she beneficially owned 27,071 shares directly, which includes 5,326 unvested restricted stock units.
BJ's Restaurants executive reports routine equity compensation activity. EVP & Chief Development Officer Gregory S. Lynds reported two transactions in BJ's Restaurants common stock on January 15, 2026. First, 978 shares were withheld by the company at a price of $45.50 per share to cover minimum statutory taxes due upon vesting of restricted stock units. Second, he received 2,638 shares at a price of $0 as part of a restricted stock unit award that will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2027, with each unit converting into one share of common stock. Following these transactions, Lynds directly held 44,919 shares of BJ's Restaurants common stock, which includes 4,667 unvested restricted stock units.
BJ's Restaurants executive Brian S. Krakower reported routine equity compensation activity. On January 15, 2026, 978 shares of common stock were withheld by the company to cover minimum statutory taxes upon the vesting of restricted stock units at a price of $45.50 per share. On the same date, he received a grant of 2,638 restricted stock units at no cost, which will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2027. Following these transactions, he directly beneficially owned 6,123 shares of common stock, including 4,667 unvested restricted stock units.
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. reported that Chief Supply Chain Officer Thomas Michael Kowalski received an award of 2,858 shares of common stock on January 15, 2026, recorded at a price of $0 per share as an equity grant.
The award consists of restricted stock units that will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2027, with each unit representing the right to receive one share of common stock. After this grant, Kowalski beneficially owns 8,526 shares, including unvested restricted stock units.
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. reported an equity compensation grant to executive officer Jennifer Anne Jaffe, its EVP & Chief People Officer. On January 15, 2026, she was awarded 3,957 shares of common stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units at a grant price of $0 per unit. Following this award, she beneficially owns 11,514 Restricted Stock Units in total.
The new RSU award will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2027. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of BJ's Restaurants common stock, aligning a portion of the executive’s compensation with the company’s future share performance.
BJ's Restaurants director James Dal Pozzo reported an option exercise and related share withholding. On January 14, 2026, he exercised 2,787 non-qualified stock options at $42.41 per share, receiving the same number of BJ's Restaurants common shares. In a related transaction coded "F," 2,614 common shares were withheld by the company at $45.22 per share to satisfy the exercise price on the stock options.
After these transactions, Dal Pozzo directly holds 27,137 shares of common stock, and this amount includes 4,790 unvested restricted stock units. The filing reflects routine equity compensation activity by a company director rather than an open-market purchase or sale.