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First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. filings document formal disclosures for a Nasdaq-listed restaurant operator with company-owned restaurant sales and franchise revenue. Recent 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual operating results, preliminary operating metrics, Regulation FD supplemental presentations, and exhibits tied to press releases about same-restaurant sales, traffic, restaurant openings, and financial outlook.
The filing record also includes definitive proxy materials covering governance, executive compensation and equity awards, Form 8-K officer-change disclosures, and capital-markets documents related to common stock sold by selling shareholders under a registration statement. These disclosures record leadership structure, emerging growth company status, common stock terms, and event-specific exhibits such as underwriting agreements and corrected earnings materials.
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.
First Watch Restaurant Group’s Chief Operations Officer John Daniel Jones reported a small, tax-related stock sale. The company sold 4,600 shares of common stock on his behalf at a weighted average price of $12.59 per share.
According to the footnotes, this was a mandatory “sell to cover” transaction required by company policy to fund tax withholding on vested restricted stock units, and not a discretionary trade. After the sale, he directly owns 86,422 shares of First Watch common stock.
First Watch Restaurant Group Chief Brand Officer Matthew Eisenacher reported a mandatory sale of 6,070 shares of common stock on March 10, 2026. The shares were sold by the company on his behalf solely to cover tax withholding tied to vesting restricted stock units, not as a discretionary trade.
The weighted average sale price was $12.59 per share, with individual trades executed between $12.40 and $12.73. After these transactions, Eisenacher directly holds 69,983 shares of First Watch Restaurant Group common stock.
First Watch Restaurant Group Chief People Officer Laura Anne Sorensen reported a small share sale tied to tax withholding. She sold 4,732 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $12.59 per share, in transactions executed by the company’s broker.
The filing explains these were mandatory "sell-to-cover" sales under company policy to cover tax withholding obligations from the vesting of restricted stock units, and not discretionary trades by Sorensen. After these transactions, she directly owns 239,050 shares of First Watch common stock.
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. reported that President and CEO Christopher Anthony Tomasso acquired 321,027 shares of common stock through a grant or award on March 1, 2026. These are restricted stock units that vest in three equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2027, and are subject to possible forfeiture or acceleration.
After this grant, Tomasso directly owned 1,087,459 common shares, and an additional 500 shares were reported as indirectly owned through his daughter.
First Watch Restaurant Group reported that Chief Legal Officer Jay Anthony Wolszczak acquired 36,115 shares of common stock through a restricted stock unit grant. These units carry no purchase price and vest in three equal annual installments starting on March 1, 2027, increasing his direct holdings to 239,089 shares.