Company: FWRG
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: ARS
Source: 0001789940-25-000033
Chunk: 19

Company: First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: ARS
Chunk 19
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, FL 34201 and our telephone number is (941 907-9800. Our corporate website address is www.firstwatch.com. We completed our initial public offering (“IPO” in October 2021 and our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq” under the symbol “FWRG.” Additional Information Our consumer website is located at www.firstwatch.com, and our investor relations website is located at https:// investors.firstwatch.com. We make available, free of charge, through our internet website, our Annual Report on Form 10- K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, Proxy Statements and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a or 15(d of the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after electronically filing such material with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”. Our reports and other materials filed with the SEC are also available at www.sec.gov. The reference to these website addresses does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained on the websites and should not be considered part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We announce material information to the public about us, our products and services, and other matters through a variety of means, including filings with the SEC, press releases, public conference calls, webcasts and our investor relations website (https://investors.firstwatch.com in order to achieve broad, non-exclusionary distribution of information to the public and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. The information disclosed by the foregoing channels could be deemed to be material information. As such, we encourage investors, the media, and others to follow the channels listed above and to review the information disclosed through such channels. Any updates to the list of disclosure channels through which we will announce information will be posted on the investor relations page on our website. Item 1A. Risk Factors 12

• shortages or disruptions in the supply or delivery of frequently used food items or increases in the cost of our frequently used food items • unsuccessful new restaurant openings • our inability to compete successfully with other breakfast and lunch restaurants • our vulnerability to food safety and food-borne illness concerns • issues with our existing franchisees, including their financial performance, our lack of control over their operations and conflicting business interests • our reliance on a small number of suppliers for a substantial amount of our food and coffee • geographic concentration • damage to our reputation and negative publicity, even if unwarranted • our inability to effectively manage the accelerated