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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 Required and Board Recommendation
The vote required to elect our four Class I directors, each for a three-year term expiring at the 2028 Annual Meeting 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. The Board recommends that you vote “ FOR ” the election of each of the Class I director nominees.

#### Failure to Receive Majority Vote
Pursuant to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, any nominee for director in an uncontested election who fails to receive a majority of the votes cast at a stockholder meeting must tender to the Board his or her resignation from the Board and all committees thereof. A director nominee will have failed to receive the affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast if the number of “withhold” votes in respect of such director nominee’s election exceeds the number of votes “for” such director nominee’s election (excluding broker non-votes). The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will then assess the appropriateness of such nominee continuing to serve as a director and shall recommend to the Board the action to

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be taken with respect to such tendered resignation. Any director who tenders his or her resignation pursuant to this provision may not participate in the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recommendation or Board action regarding whether to accept the resignation offer. In determining whether or not to recommend that the Board accept any resignation offer, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may consider all factors believed relevant by its members. The Board will act on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s recommendation and publicly disclose its decision and rationale within 90 days from the publication of the election results.

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### INFORMATION REGARDING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

#### Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
Our Board is committed to sound corporate governance principles and practices. In order to clearly set forth our commitment to conduct our operations in accordance with our standards of business ethics and applicable laws and regulations, our Board adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct applicable to our directors, executive officers and employees that complies with the rules and regulations of Nasdaq. A copy of our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct is available on our corporate website at https://investors.firstwatch.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents, under “Policies and Guidelines.” You also may obtain, without charge, a printed