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At FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.'s shareholder meeting held May 22, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 75 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 966 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Ratification of the appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") as the independent… — FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 99.7% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2024.
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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 28, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated November 8, 2026.
Meeting of May 22, 2024: 5 items on FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.’s Form 8-K, filed May 28, 2024: 3 elected · 2 approved.
Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided
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These tallies are FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 28, 2024 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Ralph Alvarez | 38,809,332 | -- | -- | 14,614,355 | 4,816,142 | 73% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Tricia Glynn | 50,824,137 | -- | -- | 2,599,550 | 4,816,142 | 95% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Christopher Tomasso | 50,868,514 | -- | -- | 2,555,173 | 4,816,142 | 95% | Elected | — |
| 2. Amendment of Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation | 39,664,628 | 13,737,754 | 21,305 | -- | -- | 74% | Approved | — |
| 3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 58,085,035 | 150,003 | 4,791 | -- | -- | 99.7% | Approved | — |
Source: FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 28, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 75 asset managers that disclosed a FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.
Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
95% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Christopher Tomasso
FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Christopher Tomasso”): 50,868,514 for, 2,555,173 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 28, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal One - Election of Class III Directors The stockholders elected each of the three nominees named below as Class III directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 73 asset managers below reported 12,023,960 for, 581,448 withheld, 1,089,849 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federated Hermes | 1,980,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 1,558,631 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 1,017,150 | 0 | 43,594 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 776,545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 670,937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Putnam | 655,094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Waddell & Reed | 603,433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Advisory Funds | 546,973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BUFFALO FUNDS | 530,862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 508,534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 495,742 | Withhold |
| Loomis Sayles | 0 | 0 | 473,400 | 0 | Abstain |
| Neuberger Berman | 422,858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 60,976 | 0 | 338,937 | 0 | Mixed |
| Allspring | 331,069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 205,233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMG FUNDS | 0 | 0 | 203,013 | 0 | Abstain |
| Charles Schwab | 184,938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lord Abbett | 178,139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS | 149,735 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 146,997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 146,576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEI | 138,564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 126,751 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 92,945 | 0 | 0 | 4,058 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 73 asset managers. All 73 are in the interactive database (link above).
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
73% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Ralph Alvarez
FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Ralph Alvarez”): 38,809,332 for, 14,614,355 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 28, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal One - Election of Class III Directors The stockholders elected each of the three nominees named below as Class III directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.”
Support: 73% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 73 asset managers below reported 6,289,046 for, 4,677,758 withheld, 2,728,453 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federated Hermes | 1,980,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 1,558,631 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 0 | 0 | 1,060,744 | 0 | Abstain |
| Capital Group | 776,545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 644,547 | 0 | 0 | 26,390 | For |
| Putnam | 655,094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Waddell & Reed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 603,433 | Withhold |
| Brown Advisory Funds | 0 | 0 | 546,973 | 0 | Abstain |
| BUFFALO FUNDS | 530,862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 508,534 | Withhold |
| Dimensional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 495,742 | Withhold |
| Loomis Sayles | 0 | 0 | 473,400 | 0 | Abstain |
| Neuberger Berman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 422,858 | Withhold |
| Jackson National | 0 | 0 | 399,913 | 0 | Abstain |
| Allspring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 331,069 | Withhold |
| First Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205,233 | Withhold |
| AMG FUNDS | 0 | 0 | 203,013 | 0 | Abstain |
| Charles Schwab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184,938 | Withhold |
| Lord Abbett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178,139 | Withhold |
| PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149,735 | Withhold |
| Principal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146,997 | Withhold |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146,576 | Withhold |
| SEI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138,564 | Withhold |
| Equitable | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126,751 | Withhold |
| Goldman Sachs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97,003 | Withhold |
Showing the 25 largest of 73 asset managers. All 73 are in the interactive database (link above).
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
95% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Tricia Glynn
FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Tricia Glynn”): 50,824,137 for, 2,599,550 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 28, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal One - Election of Class III Directors The stockholders elected each of the three nominees named below as Class III directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 73 asset managers below reported 12,023,960 for, 581,448 withheld, 1,089,849 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federated Hermes | 1,980,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 1,558,631 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 1,017,150 | 0 | 43,594 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 776,545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 670,937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Putnam | 655,094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Waddell & Reed | 603,433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Advisory Funds | 546,973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BUFFALO FUNDS | 530,862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 508,534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 495,742 | Withhold |
| Loomis Sayles | 0 | 0 | 473,400 | 0 | Abstain |
| Neuberger Berman | 422,858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 60,976 | 0 | 338,937 | 0 | Mixed |
| Allspring | 331,069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 205,233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMG FUNDS | 0 | 0 | 203,013 | 0 | Abstain |
| Charles Schwab | 184,938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lord Abbett | 178,139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS | 149,735 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 146,997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 146,576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEI | 138,564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 126,751 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 92,945 | 0 | 0 | 4,058 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 73 asset managers. All 73 are in the interactive database (link above).
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
74% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: TO AMEND THE COMPANY'S AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO LIMIT THE LIABILITY OF OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY AS PERMITTED BY DELAWARE LAW.
FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Amendment of Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”): 39,664,628 for, 13,737,754 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 28, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal Two - Amendment of Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation The stockholders approved the amendment of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to limit the liability of certain officers of the Company as permitted by Delaware law.”
Support: 74% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 74 asset managers below reported 6,730,659 for, 6,966,958 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federated Hermes | 1,980,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 1,558,631 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 0 | 1,060,744 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Capital Group | 776,545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 343,858 | 327,079 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Putnam | 655,094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Waddell & Reed | 0 | 603,433 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Brown Advisory Funds | 0 | 546,973 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BUFFALO FUNDS | 530,862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 508,534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 495,742 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Loomis Sayles | 0 | 473,400 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Neuberger Berman | 0 | 422,858 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Jackson National | 0 | 399,913 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Allspring | 0 | 331,069 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| First Trust | 0 | 205,233 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AMG FUNDS | 0 | 203,013 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 184,938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lord Abbett | 0 | 178,139 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS | 0 | 149,735 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Principal | 0 | 146,997 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 0 | 146,576 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| SEI | 0 | 138,564 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 37,859 | 88,892 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Goldman Sachs | 0 | 97,003 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Showing the 25 largest of 74 asset managers. All 74 are in the interactive database (link above).
Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.7% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Ratification of the appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the 2024 fiscal year.
FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”): 58,085,035 for, 150,003 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 28, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal Three - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year ending December 29, 2024.”
Support: 99.7% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 74 asset managers below reported 13,697,617 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federated Hermes | 1,980,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 1,558,631 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 1,060,744 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 776,545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 670,937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Putnam | 655,094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Waddell & Reed | 603,433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Advisory Funds | 546,973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BUFFALO FUNDS | 530,862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 508,534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 495,742 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Loomis Sayles | 473,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Neuberger Berman | 422,858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 399,913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Allspring | 331,069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 205,233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMG FUNDS | 203,013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 184,938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lord Abbett | 178,139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS | 149,735 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 146,997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 146,576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEI | 138,564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 126,751 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 97,003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 74 asset managers. All 74 are in the interactive database (link above).
Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 60,372,531 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federated Hermes | 3.28% |
| 2 | Vanguard | 2.58% |
| 3 | John Hancock | 1.76% |
| 4 | Capital Group | 1.29% |
| 5 | Fidelity | 1.11% |
| 6 | Putnam | 1.09% |
| 7 | Waddell & Reed | 1.00% |
| 8 | Brown Advisory Funds | 0.91% |
| 9 | BUFFALO FUNDS | 0.88% |
| 10 | BlackRock | 0.84% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC | <0.01% |
As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Funds managed by Advent International Corporation ....................... | — | DEF14A |
| ADVENT INTERNATIONAL, L.P. | — | 13G |
| BlackRock | — | 13F |
| Vanguard Group | — | 13F |
| FMR (Fidelity) | — | 13F |
| JPMorgan Chase | — | 13F |
| Goldman Sachs | — | 13F |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | — | 13F |
| Christopher A. Tomasso ................................................................... | — | DEF14A |
| Wellington Management | — | 13F |
Percentages above are of 60,372,531 shares outstanding, as reported by FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC. on its Form 10-Q dated May 3, 2024 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC.’s 10-Q dated May 3, 2024. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on November 8, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
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