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7755 CENTER AVENUE SUITE 300 HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647

Ronald M. Shaich 6452010601 777 Brickell Avenue #500-96800 Miami FL 33131 Michael Dunn 3124605000 Seyfarth Shaw LLP 233 South Wacker Drive Suite 8000 Chicago IL 60606-6448 Y BJ's Act III, LLC OO N DE 0.00 349152.00 0.00 349152.00 349152.00 N 1.6 OO Box 13 Based on a total of 21,813,041 shares of Common Stock, which is calculated based upon the sum of (a) 21,273,765 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of July 28, 2026 as disclosed by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2026 (the "10-Q") and (b) 539,276 shares of Common Stock issued upon cashless exercise of warrants on August 3, 2026. 0001750383 N Act III Holdings, LLC OO N DE 0.00 349152.00 0.00 349152.00 349152.00 N 1.6 OO Box 13 Based on a total of 21,813,041 shares of Common Stock, which is calculated based upon the sum of (a) 21,273,765 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of July 28, 2026 as disclosed by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2026 (the "10-Q") and (b) 539,276 shares of Common Stock issued upon cashless exercise of warrants on August 3, 2026. 0001034193 N Ronald M. Shaich OO N X1 0.00 349152.00 0.00 349152.00 349152.00 N 1.6 IN Box 13 Based on a total of 21,813,041 shares of Common Stock, which is calculated based upon the sum of (a) 21,273,765 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of July 28, 2026 as disclosed by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2026 (the "10-Q") and (b) 539,276 shares of Common Stock issued upon cashless exercise of warrants on August 3, 2026. Common Stock BJs RESTAURANTS INC 7755 CENTER AVENUE SUITE 300 HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647 This statement constitutes Amendment Number 8 (the "Amendment") to the Schedule 13D relating to the common stock, no par value (the "Common Stock"), of BJ's Restaurants, Inc., a California corporation (the "Issuer"), and hereby amends the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2020 (the "Original Filing") as amended by Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment No. 1") on November 30, 2020, Amendment No. 2 ("Amendment No. 2") on April 20, 2023, Amendment No. 3 ("Amendment No. 3") on January 2, 2025, Amendment No. 4 ("Amendment No. 4") on November 17, 2025, Amendment No. 5 ("Amendment No. 5") on March 11, 2026, Amendment No. 6 ("Amendment No. 6") on March 19, 2026 and Amendment No. 7 ("Amendment No. 7") on March 23, 2026 (collectively, the "Schedule 13D"), on behalf of the Reporting Persons, to furnish the additional information set forth herein. All capitalized terms contained herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D. The Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented with the following information: On August 3, 2026, the Reporting Persons completed a block trade (the "Transaction") with an investment bank, as principal (the "Purchaser"), pursuant to which the Reporting Persons sold to the Purchaser: - 710,724 shares of Common Stock; and - warrants to purchase 876,949 shares of Common Stock, which resulted in the issuance of 539,276 shares of Common Stock to the Purchaser upon the Purchaser's immediate cashless exercise of the warrants. The Reporting Persons completed the Transaction solely for the purposes of portfolio diversification and liquidity management and was not related to any change in the Reporting Persons' assessment of the Issuer's business, management, financial condition or prospects. ? On August 3, 2026, the Reporting Persons completed a block trade with the Purchaser pursuant to which the Reporting Persons sold to the Purchaser: - 710,724 shares of Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $46,552,422, including 560,444 shares directly beneficially owned by BJ's Act III, LLC and 150,280 shares directly beneficially owned by SC 2018 Trust LLC, a Delaware limited liability company owned by an irrevocable trust established by Ronald Shaich for which Mr. Shaich has sole voting and dispositive power (the "2018 Trust"); and - Warrants to purchase 876,949 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $26.94 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $35,322,578, which warrants were directly beneficially owned by BJ's Act III, LLC. On August 3, 2026, the Reporting Persons ceased to be beneficial owners of more than 5% of the Issuer's Common Stock as a result of the transactions described in this Amendment. BJ's Act III, LLC /s/ Ronald M. Shaich 08/05/2026 Act III Holdings, LLC /s/ Ronald M. Shaich 08/05/2026 Ronald M. Shaich /s/ Ronald M. Shaich 08/05/2026