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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · BJ's Restaurants (BJRI)

BJ's Restaurants names CEO Lyle Tick to board; shareholders reject food waste proposal

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

BJ's Restaurants named CEO Lyle D. Tick to its board on June 16, 2025, under the terms of his employment agreement. Former CEO Gregory A. Trojan also told the board he will retire from it effective September 16, 2025. At the June 12, 2025 annual meeting, shareholders re-elected the board nominees, approved executive pay on an advisory basis, and ratified KPMG LLP, but did not approve a shareholder proposal for a food waste transparency report.

Key points

  • Lyle D. Tick, Chief Executive Officer and President, was named to the Board on June 16, 2025.
  • Gregory A. Trojan, the former CEO, will retire from the Board effective September 16, 2025.
  • Shareholder proposal for a food waste transparency report failed: 764,209 For, 14,393,402 Against, 102,906 Abstain.
  • Advisory say-on-pay vote passed with 14,999,142 For and 213,357 Against; KPMG ratification received 19,092,298 For.

The filing

CompanyBJ's Restaurants (BJRI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJun 18, 2025, 5:00 PM ET
Accession number0001171843-25-003963

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change5.07 Shareholder Vote Results

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 6:59 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on June 18, 2025.

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