Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc. Announces Name Change to BJ's Restaurants Inc.; Stock Begins Trading under New Symbol 'BJRI' on Monday, Aug. 16, 2004.HUNTINGTON BEACH Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. , Calif. -- Paul Motenko, chairman and co-CEO of Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CHGO) announced today that the company has changed its name to BJ's Restaurants Inc. "This change will allow us to focus on leveraging the BJ's brand in all communications with the public and financial community," stated Motenko. "Name recognition and brand awareness will become increasingly important as the company continues to expand and develop in new markets as part of our strategy to become a national restaurant chain." As a result of this change, the company's common stock, which has traded under the symbol "CHGO" will begin trading under a new symbol "BJRI" commencing today, Monday, Aug. 16, 2004. The company's stock will continue to trade on NASDAQ. BJ's Restaurants Inc. has been assigned CUSIP number CUSIP Number An identification number assigned to all stocks and registered bonds. The Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (CUSIP) oversees the entire CUSIP system. Notes: This system is used in the U.S. and Canada. 09180C 10 6. Holders of stock certificates bearing the name Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc. may continue to hold those certificates and will not be required to exchange them for new stock certificates or take any other action. BJ's Restaurants Inc. currently owns and operates 33 casual dining restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant and Brewery, BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse Brew´house` n. 1. A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery. or BJ's Pizza & Grill brand names. BJ's restaurants offer an innovative menu featuring award-winning, signature deep dish This article is about the band. For the food, see Chicago-style pizza. Deep Dish is a duo of DJ and house music producers consisting of Iranian American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. pizza complemented with generously portioned salads, sandwiches, soups, pastas, entrees and desserts. Quality, flavor, value, moderate prices and sincere service remain distinct attributes of the BJ's experience. The company operates 10 microbreweries which produce and distribute BJ's critically acclaimed handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft beers throughout the chain. The company's restaurants are located in California (23), Texas (4), Oregon (3), Arizona (1), Colorado (1) and Nevada (1). The company also has a licensing interest in a BJ's restaurant in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. Visit BJ's Restaurants Inc. on the Web at http://www.bjsbrewhouse.com. Certain statements in the preceding paragraphs and all other statements that are not purely historical constitute "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are intended to be covered by the safe harbors Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. created thereby. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results to be materially different from those projected or anticipated. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (i) the company's ability to manage growth and conversions, (ii) construction delays, (iii) restaurant and brewery industry competition and other such industry considerations, (iv) marketing and other limitations based on the company's historic concentration in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , (v) consumer trends, (vi) increased food costs and wages, including, without limitation, increases in the minimum wage, (vii) increased energy costs, and (viii) other general economic and regulatory conditions. |
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