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

BJ's Restaurants names Ashley Van principal accounting officer effective May 11, 2026

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. appointed Ashley A. Van as Senior Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer effective May 11, 2026, under a letter agreement dated April 7, 2026. Chief Financial Officer J. Todd Wilson will stop serving as principal accounting officer on the same date. The filing sets out Van's base salary, bonus target and equity terms, which shareholders may review as a change in the company's accounting leadership.

Key points

  • Ashley A. Van becomes Senior Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer effective May 11, 2026.
  • Base salary of $340,000 per year; annual bonus target of no less than 55% of base salary.
  • $50,000 signing bonus and a $300,000 new hire equity grant, subject to Compensation Committee approval, vesting in three annual installments beginning July 15, 2027.
  • CFO J. Todd Wilson ceases to serve as principal accounting officer effective May 11, 2026.

The filing

CompanyBJ's Restaurants (BJRI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 10, 2026, 9:00 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-150443

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 6:59 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits 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 April 10, 2026.

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