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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.
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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.
First Watch Restaurant Group's President and CEO Christopher Anthony Tomasso reported routine share disposals tied to tax withholding and estate planning. On March 10, 2026, 33,314 shares of common stock were sold at a weighted average price of $12.59 per share to cover tax obligations from restricted stock unit vesting under company policies, which the filing states were not discretionary trades by him.
On March 12, 2026, he transferred 71,768 shares of common stock for no consideration to Big Fish Investments LLC in a bona fide gift. After these transactions, he directly holds 982,377 shares, with additional indirect holdings of 71,768 shares through Big Fish Investments LLC and 500 shares held by his daughter, for which he disclaims beneficial ownership except for any pecuniary interest.
First Watch Restaurant Group Chief Development Officer Eric Richard Hartman reported an open-market sale of 4,820 shares of common stock. The shares were sold by the company’s broker at a weighted average price of $12.59 per share to cover tax withholding triggered by restricted stock unit vesting, as required by company policy.
The filing notes this was a mandatory sell-to-cover transaction and not a discretionary trade by Hartman. After these sales, he continues to hold 246,349 shares of First Watch common stock directly.
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. reported that CFO and Treasurer Hope H. Melville III had 7,358 shares of common stock sold on March 10, 2026 at a weighted average price of $12.59 per share. This transaction was executed by the company as a mandatory “sell to cover” to satisfy tax withholding obligations tied to the vesting of restricted stock units, and was not a discretionary trade by the executive. After these sales, the reporting person directly owned 115,665 shares of common stock.
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. reported that Chief Legal Officer Jay Anthony Wolszczak had 6,998 shares of common stock sold on March 10, 2026 at a weighted average price of $12.59 per share. According to the disclosure, these shares were sold by the company on his behalf as a mandatory sell-to-cover transaction to satisfy tax withholding obligations related to vesting restricted stock units, and did not represent a discretionary trade by him. After these sales, he directly owns 232,091 shares of common stock.