BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. Announces Upcoming Senior Management Transition Page 1

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Aug. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq: BJRI) (“BJ’s” or the “Company”) today announced that C. Bradford (“Brad”) Richmond, current BJ’s board member and former chief financial officer of Darden Restaurants, Inc., has been named interim CEO, effective August 28, 2024.

Mr. Richmond has served on the Company’s Board of Directors since February 2024 and will remain on the Board during his interim appointment. From 2006 to 2015, he was Chief Financial Officer of Darden Restaurants, Inc., the world’s largest full-service owner-operated restaurant company, and prior to that, he served as Darden’s Corporate Controller from 2005 to 2006. Previously, he held various executive-level finance and strategic planning roles at Olive Garden and Red Lobster since 1982. As a member of the board of Coast Entertainment Holdings since 2017, he helped reposition the Main Event brand for significant growth, leading to an attractive acquisition by Dave & Busters.