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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 in the Notice of Internet Availability.

All references in this Proxy Statement to “we,” “us” and “our” refer to First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. All references to fiscal 2024 reflect the results of the 52-week fiscal year ended December 29, 2024.

### QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT OUR ANNUAL MEETING

#### What is the purpose of our Annual Meeting?
Our Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

(1) To elect four Class I directors, each for a term of three years or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. We refer to this as the “Director Election Proposal.”

(2) To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the 2025 fiscal year. We refer to this as the “Auditor Ratification Proposal.”

(3) To transact any other business that is properly presented at the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

In addition, senior management will respond to your questions pertaining to the business of the Company.

Why did I receive a notice regarding the availability of proxy materials on the Internet?

Pursuant to rules adopted by the SEC, we have elected to provide access to our proxy materials over the Internet. Accordingly, we have sent you a Notice of Internet Availability because the Board is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Annual Meeting, including at any adjournments or postponements of the meeting. All stockholders will have the ability to access the proxy materials at www.proxyvote.com or request to receive a printed set of the proxy materials. Instructions on

how to access the proxy materials over the Internet or to request a printed copy may be found in the Notice of Internet Availability.

We provided some of our stockholders, including stockholders who have previously requested to receive paper copies of the proxy materials, with paper copies of the proxy materials instead of the Notice of Internet Availability. If you received paper copies of the proxy materials, we encourage you to help us save money and reduce the environmental impact of delivering paper proxy materials to stockholders by signing up to receive all of your future proxy materials electronically. Stockholders may request to receive all future proxy materials in printed form by mail or electronically by email by following the instructions contained in the Notice of Internet Availability.

We intend to mail the Notice of Internet Availability on or about April 8, 2025 to all stockholders of record entitled