Eric Richard Hartman Form 4 First Watch Restaurant / Eric Richard Hartman ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Hartman Eric Richard

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

8725 PENDERY PLACE, STE. 201

(Street)

BRADENTON FL 34201

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. [ FWRG ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Development Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/06/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/06/2024		M		1,474	A	$8.45	52,891	D
Common Stock	03/06/2024		S		1,474	D	$25.031(1)	51,417	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy)	$8.45	03/06/2024		M			1,474	(2)	08/21/2027	Common Stock	1,474	$0	245,151	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price for the 1,474 shares. The individual range of sale prices for this transaction is $25.000 to $25.055. The reporting owner undertakes to provide to First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., any security holder of First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Common Shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this Footnote.

2. The stock options, representing a right to purchase a total of 246,625 shares, became partially exercisable as follows: (a) 29,595 stock options vested on August 31, 2018, (b) 29,595 stock options vested on August 31, 2019, (c) 29,595 stock options vested on August 31, 2020, (d) 29,595 stock options vested on August 31, 2021, (e) 29,595 stock options vested on August 31, 2022, (f) 32,883 stock options vested on October 1, 2022 and (g) 32,883 stock options vested on October 1, 2023. 32,884 stock options are scheduled to vest and become exercisable on June 30, 2024, subject to earlier forfeiture or acceleration.

Remarks:

	/s/ Jay Wolszczak, as attorney-in-fact for Eric Richard Hartman	03/06/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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