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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, Inc. reported a leadership change, appointing Christopher P. Pinsak as Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer effective January 19, 2026. Pinsak is a long-time company leader, having served as Executive Vice President and Chief Restaurant Operations Officer since September 2024, and previously as Senior Vice President of Operations from January 2010. Before joining BJ’s, he held operations roles at Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill and Brinker International’s Chili’s Grill & Bar concept. The company notes that his appointment was not made under any arrangement with another person, he has no family relationships with current directors or executive officers, and there are no related-party transactions requiring disclosure.
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP reports owning 1,084,001 shares of BJ's Restaurants Inc common stock, representing 5.1% of the class as of December 31, 2025. Dimensional has sole power to vote 1,067,847 of these shares and sole power to dispose of all 1,084,001 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power. The firm files as an investment adviser and states that all securities are owned by underlying funds and accounts it manages, while it disclaims beneficial ownership except for purposes of Section 13(d). Dimensional also certifies the holdings are in the ordinary course of business and not for changing or influencing control of BJ's Restaurants.
BJ's Restaurants EVP & CFO Joshua Todd Wilson reported an equity grant of company stock units. On January 15, 2026, he acquired 6,594 shares of BJ's Restaurants common stock at a stated price of $0, reflecting a grant of restricted stock units rather than an open-market purchase. The award consists of restricted stock units that will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2027, with each unit convertible into one share of common stock. Following this grant, Wilson beneficially owned 12,789 shares, including unvested restricted stock units held directly.
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.