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Kura Sushi USA, Inc. filings document results of operations, financial-condition updates, governance matters, and officer and director changes for its U.S. Japanese restaurant business. Recent Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual earnings releases and conference-call materials, including disclosures tied to sales, operating results, restaurant-level metrics, expenses, and new restaurant activity.
Governance filings also record annual meeting voting results, director elections, auditor ratification, executive officer departures and interim appointments, and the company's Class A and Class B common stock voting structure.
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Shahin Allameh reported equity compensation-related transactions in Class A common stock. On 02/01/2026, 124.7755 shares were withheld at $66.81 per share to cover tax obligations tied to vesting restricted stock. On 02/02/2026, Allameh received a grant of 2,095 restricted stock units, each representing one share of Class A common stock at $0 per unit. Following these transactions, Allameh directly beneficially owned 4,211.7521 shares of Class A common stock.
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. director Shintaro Asako reported receiving a grant of 1,047 restricted stock units of Class A common stock on 02/02/2026. The grant was made at a price of $0 per share, increasing his directly held beneficial ownership to 3,235 Class A shares.
Kura Sushi USA officer Brent Takao reported routine equity transactions in the company’s Class A common stock. On February 1, 2026, 89.3606 shares were withheld at $66.81 per share to cover his tax obligations from vesting restricted stock.
On February 2, 2026, he received a grant of 1,362 restricted stock units, each representing a contingent right to one share of Class A common stock at a price of $0. After these transactions, he directly owned 3,649.1745 shares of Class A common stock.
Kura Sushi USA's Chief People Officer Arlene Petokas reported routine equity compensation activity. On February 2, 2026, she was granted 1,571 restricted stock units, each representing one share of Class A common stock at a stated price of $0 per unit. The day before, on February 1, 2026, 102.5383 shares of Class A common stock were withheld to cover her tax obligations tied to vesting restricted stock, at a price of $66.81 per share. After these transactions, she beneficially owned 4,787.1724 Class A shares directly.
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. held its 2026 annual stockholder meeting on January 21, 2026, where investors voted on board membership, auditor ratification and executive pay. A quorum was present, with 9,613,169 shares of Class A common stock and 1,000,050 shares of Class B common stock represented, totaling 92.9% of combined voting power.
Stockholders elected five directors — Shintaro Asako, Treasa Bowers, Claudia Schaefer, Carin L. Stutz and Hajime Uba — to serve until the 2027 annual meeting. They also ratified KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2026, with 19,596,028 votes in favor. In an advisory vote, stockholders approved the company’s named executive officer compensation, with 18,594,882 votes for and 265,335 against.
The company subsequently issued a press release on January 22, 2026 regarding the election of Claudia Schaefer as a director, which was furnished as an exhibit.
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. director Claudia Schaefer filed an initial insider ownership report on Form 3. The filing identifies her relationship to the company as a director and indicates that it is filed by one reporting person.
In the remarks, the report states that no securities are beneficially owned, and both the non-derivative and derivative ownership tables contain no holdings. The date of the event requiring this statement is listed as 01/21/2026.
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. director and president/CEO Hajime Uba reported option exercises and share sales in Class A common stock on January 16, 2026. He exercised options for a total of 9,874 shares at exercise prices of $25.94, $22.65 and $46.15 per share granted under the company’s 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan.
On the same date, he sold 9,874 shares in three blocks: 3,211 shares at a weighted average price of $71.8339, 3,813 shares at $72.8238, and 2,850 shares at $74.314, with each block executed across multiple trades within narrow price ranges. Following these transactions, Uba directly owned 6,026.3321 shares of Class A common stock.
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. has an insider who filed a notice of intent to sell up to 9,874 shares of common stock. The shares are tied to a stock option exercise and same-day sale under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, with an aggregate market value of approximately $726,630.00. The planned transaction is dated 01/16/2026, to be executed through Citigroup Global Markets on the NASDAQ exchange.
Kura Sushi USA reported higher sales but wider losses for the quarter ended November 30, 2025. Sales rose to $73.5 million from $64.5 million, a 14.0% increase driven mainly by thirteen restaurants opened since late 2024 and menu price increases. However, comparable restaurant sales fell 2.5%, as guest traffic declined 2.5% amid a weaker macro environment.
Restaurant costs grew faster than sales. Food and beverage costs increased to $21.9 million and 29.9% of sales, up from 29.0%, largely due to tariffs on imported ingredients. Other restaurant-level expenses, including occupancy, depreciation and marketing, also rose, pushing total operating expenses to 105.0% of sales. As a result, operating loss widened to $3.7 million and net loss increased to $3.1 million, or $(0.25) per share, compared with a $(0.08) loss per share a year ago.
Adjusted EBITDA declined to $2.4 million from $3.6 million, and operating cash flow fell to $0.5 million. The company ended the quarter with $35.4 million in cash and cash equivalents and no borrowings under its $45.0 million related-party revolving credit line. Kura operated 83 restaurants after opening four new locations in the quarter and still plans to open 16 new restaurants in fiscal 2026. After quarter-end, it filed a universal shelf registration statement allowing it to offer up to $100.0 million of various securities over three years once effective.