Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Luxor Capital Group, LP
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BJs RESTAURANTS INC [BJRI]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 29TH FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/07/2016
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10036
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, no par value (1) (2)               1,287,862 I (3) By Luxor Capital Partners, LP
Common Stock, no par value (1) (2)               205,175 I (4) By Luxor Wavefront, LP
Common Stock, no par value (1) (2)               963,099 I (5) By Luxor Capital Partners Offshore Master Fund, LP
Common Stock, no par value (1) (2)               46,983 I (6) By Thebes Offshore Master Fund, LP

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Notional Principal Amount Derivative Agreement (1) (2) (7) (8) (7) (8) 03/07/2016   S/K     441,775   (7)(8) 07/20/2017 Common Stock, no par value 441,775 $ 44.8 0 I (3) By Luxor Capital Partners, LP
Notional Principal Amount Derivative Agreement (1) (2) (7) (8) (7) (8) 03/07/2016   S/K     118,154   (7)(8) 07/20/2017 Common Stock, no par value 118,154 $ 44.8 0 I (4) By Luxor Wavefront, LP
Notional Principal Amount Derivative Agreement (1) (2) (7) (8) (7) (8) 03/07/2016   S/K     631,873   (7)(8) 07/20/2017 Common Stock, no par value 631,873 $ 44.8 0 I (5) By Luxor Capital Partners Offshore Master Fund, LP

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Luxor Capital Group, LP
1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
29TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10036
    X    

Signatures

 Norris Nissim, as General Counsel of Luxor Management, LLC, General Partner of Luxor Capital Group, LP   03/09/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This Form 4 is filed jointly by Luxor Capital Group, LP ("Luxor Capital Group"), Luxor Capital Partners, LP ("Onshore Fund"), Luxor Capital Partners Offshore, Ltd. ("Offshore Feeder Fund"), Thebes Partners Offshore, Ltd. ("Thebes Feeder Fund"), Luxor Wavefront, LP ("Wavefront Fund"), LCG Holdings, LLC ("LCG Holdings"), Luxor Management, LLC ("Luxor Management") and Christian Leone (collectively, the "Reporting Persons").
(2) Each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be a member of a Section 13(d) group that may be deemed to collectively beneficially own more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein.
(3) Securities owned directly by Onshore Fund. Each of LCG Holdings and Luxor Capital Group, as the general partner and investment manager, respectively, of Onshore Fund, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Onshore Fund. Luxor Management, as the general partner of Luxor Capital Group, and Christian Leone, as the managing member of each of LCG Holdings and Luxor Management, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Onshore Fund.
(4) Securities owned directly by Wavefront Fund. Each of LCG Holdings and Luxor Capital Group, as the general partner and investment manager, respectively, of Wavefront Fund, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Wavefront Fund. Luxor Management, as the general partner of Luxor Capital Group, and Christian Leone, as the managing member of each of LCG Holdings and Luxor Management, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Wavefront Fund.
(5) Securities owned directly by Luxor Capital Partners Offshore Master Fund, LP ("Offshore Master Fund"). Offshore Feeder Fund, as the owner of a controlling interest in Offshore Master Fund, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Offshore Master Fund. Each of LCG Holdings and Luxor Capital Group, as the general partner and investment manager, respectively, of Offshore Master Fund, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Offshore Master Fund. Luxor Management, as the general partner of Luxor Capital Group, and Christian Leone, as the managing member of each of LCG Holdings and Luxor Management, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Offshore Master Fund.
(6) Securities owned directly by Thebes Offshore Master Fund, LP ("Thebes Master Fund"). Thebes Feeder Fund, the owner of a controlling interest in, and together with a minority investor, the owner of 100% of the interests in Thebes Master Fund, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Thebes Master Fund. Each of LCG Holdings and Luxor Capital Group, as the general partner and investment manager, respectively, of Thebes Master Fund, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Thebes Master Fund. Luxor Management, as the general partner of Luxor Capital Group, and Christian Leone, as the managing member of each of LCG Holdings and Luxor Management, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Thebes Master Fund.
(7) Notional principal amount derivative agreements (the "Derivative Agreements") in the form of cash settled swaps. The strike prices of the Derivative Agreements range in price from $27.5377 to $28.4859.
(8) The Derivative Agreements provide the holders with economic results that are comparable to the economic results of ownership payable on each settlement date applicable to the expiration or earlier termination of such Derivative Agreement, but do not provide such holder with the power to vote or direct the voting or dispose of or direct the disposition of the shares of Common Stock that are the subject of the Derivative Agreements (such shares, the "Subject Shares"). Each of the holders of the Derivative Agreements disclaims beneficial ownership in the Subject Shares. The counterparties to the Derivative Agreements are unaffiliated third party financial institutions.

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