Company: FWRG
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001789940-25-000031
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Company: First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
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 Auditor Ratification Proposal is considered a routine proposal and may be voted by a broker in the absence of instructions.

#### Can I change my vote after I have voted?
You may revoke your proxy and change your vote at any time before the final vote at the meeting. If you are a registered holder of shares, after your initial vote you may change your vote at a later date by telephone or via the Internet, by submitting a subsequently dated proxy by mail (only your latest proxy submitted prior to the meeting will be counted) or by attending the meeting and voting during the meeting. However, your attendance at the Annual Meeting will not automatically revoke your proxy unless you vote again during the meeting or specifically request in writing that your prior proxy be revoked. If your shares are held in street name, you must contact your broker to revoke your proxy and change your vote.

What vote is required to approve each proposal at the Annual Meeting?

Proposal 1—Director Election Proposal.

The vote required to elect our four Class I directors, each for a term of three years or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, is a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. You may vote “FOR” or “WITHHOLD” with respect to each nominee. Votes that are “withheld” will not count as a vote for or against a director nominee because directors are elected by plurality voting. There will not be any abstentions, and broker non-votes will have no effect on the election of directors. Director nominees who receive the greatest number of affirmative votes will be elected. In an uncontested election where the number of nominees equals the number of director seats up for election, all the nominees will be elected as long as there is a quorum and they receive at least one vote.

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Proposal 2 — Auditor Ratification Proposal.

The vote required to approve the Auditor Ratification Proposal is the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Company which are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” with respect to Proposal 2: Auditor Ratification Proposal. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against this proposal. Because brokers have discretionary authority to vote on this proposal, there will be no broker non-votes on this proposal.

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