8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 18, 2025

GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware	001-41727	87-3424935
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

11480 South Street, Suite 205 Cerritos, CA		90703
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (562) 356-9929

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     Title of each class

     Trading
Symbol(s)

     Name of each exchange on which registered

     Class A Common stock, par value $0.001 per share

     GENK

     The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
(The Nasdaq Global Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was held virtually on June 18, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Stockholders considered two proposals at the meeting, which are described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2025.

At the beginning of the Annual Meeting, there were 5,038,461 shares of Class A common stock and 27,761,515 shares of Class B common stock present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, which represented 99% of the combined voting power of the shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting (voting together as a single class), and which constituted a quorum for the transaction of business. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock were entitled to one vote for each share held as of the close of business on April 21, 2025 (the “Record Date”), and holders of the Company’s Class B common stock were entitled to ten votes for each share held as of the Record Date.

The final voting results are reported below.

Proposal One: Election of one Class III director, David Kim, to serve until the Company’s 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.


Name	For	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
David Kim	277,653,664	201,799	1,670,039

Proposal Two: Ratification of the appointment of CBIZ CPAs P.C. to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.


For	Against	Abstain
278,837,899	282,372	405,231

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	GEN RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

Date: June 20, 2025	By:	/s/ Thomas V. Croal
		Thomas V. Croal
		Chief Financial Officer