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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 since November 2016. In addition, Mr. Hartman founded the business SEVA Development Services LLC and served as its President from January 2014 to November 2016, and worked at Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. from August 2001 to January 2014 where he most recently served as Vice President of Real Estate and Development.

#### John Daniel Jones
Mr. Jones has served as our Chief Operations Officer since October 2021. Prior thereto, Mr. Jones served as Chief Operating Officer of CAVA Mezze Grill from August 2016 to September 2021 and worked at Starbucks Coffee Co. from August 2002 to August 2016, where he most recently served as a Regional Director of Operations.

#### Laura Sorensen
Ms. Sorensen has served as our Chief People Officer since September 2021 and Chief People Officer of First Watch Restaurants, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, since August 2016. Prior to joining us, Ms. Sorensen worked at Darden Restaurants from June 2010 to August 2016 where she most recently served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for LongHorn Steakhouse. Ms. Sorensen currently serves on the board of directors of the Women’s Foodservice Forum.

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### EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

### Overview and Identification of Our Named Executive Officers
This section provides an overview of our executive compensation program, including a narrative description of the material factors necessary to understand the information disclosed in the compensation tables below with respect to our “named executive officers,” or “NEOs.” We qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and have included compensation information for a limited number of NEOs as permitted under applicable SEC rules, including our principal executive officer and our two most highly compensated executive officers serving as of December 29, 2024, the end of our 2024 fiscal year. We have not included a compensation discussion and analysis of our executive compensation programs or tabular compensation information other than the “Summary Compensation Table” and the “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” table below. In addition, for so long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to submit certain executive compensation matters to our stockholders for advisory votes, such as “say-on-pay” and “say-on-frequency” of say-on-pay votes.

Our NEOs