BJ's Restaurants Announces Departure of Board Members
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) today announced that co-founders Paul Motenko and Jerry Hennessy will be stepping down from the Company's Board of Directors effective December 30, 2008 to devote their full-time attention to new entrepreneurial ventures.
'We are very supportive of the Company's leadership and remain excited about the direction they are taking the BJ's concept,' commented Motenko and Hennessy. 'While we will no longer be officially involved with the Company, we intend to remain very loyal supporters and significant shareholders.'
'Paul and Jerry's vision, hard work, tenacity, integrity and philanthropy have inspired all of us that have followed in their footsteps at BJ's,' commented Jerry Deitchle, Chairman and CEO. 'Their body of work over the past 17 years has also provided a solid foundation for BJ's continued expansion across the country. Our entire Board and our leadership team extend our most sincere thanks to Paul and Jerry for their many years of dedicated service to BJ's, and we wish them success in their next venture.'
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 82 casual dining restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse or BJ's Pizza & Grill brand names.
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