First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of Common Stock

BRADENTON, Fla., Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. ("FWRG" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:FWRG), the leading Daytime Dining concept serving breakfast, brunch and lunch, today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten secondary offering (the "Offering") by certain funds managed by Advent International, L.P. (the "Selling Stockholders") of 8,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock ("Common Stock"). The shares have been offered at a price to the public of $19.95 per share. The Offering is expected to close on November 13, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.

The underwriter has a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

The Selling Stockholders will receive all of the proceeds from the Offering. The Company is not selling any shares of Common Stock in the Offering and will not receive any proceeds from the Offering.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is acting as the sole underwriter of the Offering.

The Offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in the shelf registration statement and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and the Offering. The Offering will be made only by means of a free writing prospectus, a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement relating to the Offering, copies of which may be obtained from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, telephone: 1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by emailing A copy of the free writing prospectus, the prospectus and the related prospectus supplement relating to the Offering may also be obtained free of charge by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Cautionary Note Concerning Forward Looking StatementsThis release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to known ...