First Watch Restaurant Group is now officially trading as a public company, the Herald Tribune reports. The Bradenton-based restaurant chain's first day of trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was October 1. After announcing it would offer 9,459,000 shares of its common stock at $18 per share in late September, First Watch said on October 5 that it had closed its initial public offering. The company trades under the ticker symbol "FWRG."

First Watch Restaurant Group is now officially trading as a public company, the Herald Tribune reports. The Bradenton-based restaurant chain's first day of trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was October 1. After announcing it would offer 9,459,000 shares of its common stock at $18 per share in late September, First Watch said on October 5 that it had closed its initial public offering. The company trades under the ticker symbol "FWRG."

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