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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-200042
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250910
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250910
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250910

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BIRKS GROUP INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001179821
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-JEWELRY STORES [5944]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		EIN:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0330

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32635
		FILM NUMBER:		251305745

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2020 ROBERT BOURASSA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			MONTREAL
		STATE:			A8
		ZIP:			H3A 2A5
		BUSINESS PHONE:		514-397-2592

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2020 ROBERT BOURASSA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			MONTREAL
		STATE:			A8
		ZIP:			H3A 2A5

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Birks Group Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20131003

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BIRKS & MAYORS INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20051115

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HENRY BIRKS & SONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020809
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</DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO RULE <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-16</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-16</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the month of September, 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission file number: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-32635</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BIRKS GROUP INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Translation of Registrant&#8217;s name into English) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2020 Robert Bourassa </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite 200 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Montreal,
Qu&eacute;bec </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Canada </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> or Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F.</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">&#9746;&#8194;Form
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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September&nbsp;9, 2025, Birks Group Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued a press release announcing that the board of directors of the Company
(the &#8220;Board&#8221;) has recommended the appointment of Grant Thornton S.E.N.C.R.L. (&#8220;Grant Thornton&#8221;) as auditors of the Company for the Company&#8217;s fiscal year ending March&nbsp;28, 2026 (&#8220;fiscal year 2026&#8221;). The
Board&#8217;s recommendation follows the launch of a competitive request for proposal (&#8220;RFP&#8221;) inviting qualified firms to submit proposals in order to evaluate and select auditors (the &#8220;Selected Auditors&#8221;) for fiscal year
2026 to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders at such remuneration as may be fixed by the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Company&#8217;s Management
Proxy Circular dated August&nbsp;27, 2025 (the &#8220;Circular&#8221;), at the upcoming annual general meeting (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;) of holders of Class&nbsp;A voting shares and Class&nbsp;B multiple voting shares of the Company (collectively,
&#8220;Shareholders&#8221;) to be held on September&nbsp;18, 2025, Shareholders are being asked to appoint the Selected Auditors as auditors of the Company for fiscal year 2026 to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until a
successor is appointed, and to authorize the Board to fix the Selected Auditors&#8217; remuneration. This announcement serves as notice to the Shareholders that the Board has recommended Grant Thornton as the Selected Auditors. Accordingly, at the
Meeting, Shareholders are being asked to approve the appointment of Grant Thornton as auditors of the Company for fiscal year 2026, and to authorize the Board to fix their remuneration. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will not issue a new form of proxy or voting instruction form to Shareholders in respect of the Meeting. Shareholders who vote by proxy in advance
of the Meeting in respect of the appointment of the &#8220;Selected Auditors&#8221; as auditors of the Company should be aware that they are voting in respect of the appointment of Grant Thornton and the authorization of the Board to fix their
remuneration. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information included in this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act other than this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K,</FONT> except
as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing to this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The inclusion of any
website address herein, including in any exhibit attached hereto, is intended to be an inactive textual reference only and not an active hyperlink. The information contained in, or that can be accessed through, each such website is not part of this
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> or incorporated herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Katia Fontana</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>For all press and media inquiries,</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>please contact:</B></P></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BIRKS GROUP INC. RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF NEW AUDITORS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Shareholders to vote on the appointment of the new auditors at the upcoming annual general meeting of shareholders </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Montreal, Quebec. September</I></B><B><I></I></B><B><I>&nbsp;9, 2025 -</I></B> Birks Group Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or &#8220;Birks Group&#8221;)
(NYSE American: BGI), today announced that the board of directors of the Company (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) has recommended the appointment of Grant Thornton S.E.N.C.R.L. (&#8220;Grant Thornton&#8221;) as auditors of the Company for the
Company&#8217;s fiscal year ending March&nbsp;28, 2026 (&#8220;fiscal year 2026&#8221;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KPMG LLP (&#8220;KPMG&#8221;) has served as the Company&#8217;s
independent auditors since January&nbsp;25, 2000. On July&nbsp;29, 2025, following the issuance of KPMG&#8217;s audit report on the Company&#8217;s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March&nbsp;29, 2025, the Company launched
a competitive request for proposal (&#8220;RFP&#8221;) process inviting KPMG and other qualified firms to submit proposals in order to evaluate and select auditors (the &#8220;Selected Auditors&#8221;) for fiscal year 2026 to serve until the next
annual meeting of shareholders at such remuneration as may be fixed by the Board. Since the launch of the RFP process, the Company worked diligently to review the various proposals received, which led to the Board&#8217;s recommendation of the
appointment of Grant Thornton as the Selected Auditors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Company&#8217;s Management Proxy Circular dated August&nbsp;27, 2025 (the
&#8220;Circular&#8221;), at the upcoming annual general meeting (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;) of holders of Class&nbsp;A voting shares and Class&nbsp;B multiple voting shares of the Company (collectively, &#8220;Shareholders&#8221;) to be held on
September&nbsp;18, 2025, Shareholders are being asked to appoint the Selected Auditors as auditors of the Company for fiscal year 2026 to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until a successor is appointed, and to authorize the
Board to fix the Selected Auditors&#8217; remuneration. </P>
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This announcement serves as notice to the Shareholders that the Board has recommended Grant Thornton as the Selected Auditors. Accordingly, at the Meeting, Shareholders are being asked to approve
the appointment of Grant Thornton as auditors of the Company for fiscal year 2026, and to authorize the Board to fix their remuneration. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will
not issue a new form of proxy or voting instruction form to Shareholders in respect of the Meeting. Shareholders who vote by proxy in advance of the Meeting in respect of the appointment of the &#8220;Selected Auditors&#8221; as auditors of the
Company should be aware that they are voting in respect of the appointment of Grant Thornton and the authorization of the Board to fix their remuneration. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Birks Group Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Birks Group is a leading designer
of fine jewelry and an operator of luxury jewelry, timepieces and gifts retail stores in Canada. The Company operates 17 stores under the Maison Birks brand in most major metropolitan markets in Canada, one retail location in Montreal under the
Birks brand, one retail location in Montreal under the TimeVall&eacute;e brand, one retail location in Calgary under the Brinkhaus brand, one retail location in Vancouver under the Graff brand, one retail location in Vancouver under the Patek
Philippe brand, four retail locations in Laval, Ottawa and Toronto under the Breitling brand, four retail locations in Toronto under the European Boutique brand, one retail location in Toronto under the Omega brand and one retail location in Toronto
under the Montblanc brand. Birks was founded in 1879 and has become Canada&#8217;s premier designer and retailer of fine jewelry, timepieces and gifts. Additional information can be found on Birks&#8217; web site,&nbsp;<U>www.birks.com</U>. </P>
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forward- looking statements which can be identified, for example, by their use of words such as &#8220;plans,&#8221; &#8220;expects,&#8221; &#8220;believes,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;anticipates,&#8221; &#8220;intends,&#8221;
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projections about the future, including without limitation, statements about anticipated economic conditions, generation of shareholder value, and our strategies for growth, performance drivers, expansion plans, sources or adequacy of capital,
expenditures and financial results are forward-looking statements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Because such statements include various risks and uncertainties, actual results might
differ materially from those projected in the forward- looking statements and no assurance can be given that the Company will meet the results projected in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, the reader should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements.<I> </I>These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the following: (i)&nbsp;a decline in consumer spending or deterioration in consumer financial position; (ii)&nbsp;economic, political and market
conditions, including the economies of Canada and the U.S. and the influence of inflation on consumer spending, which could adversely affect the Company&#8217;s business, operating results or financial condition, including its revenue and
profitability, through the impact of changes in the real estate markets, changes in the equity markets and decreases in consumer confidence and the related changes in consumer spending patterns, the impact on store traffic, tourism and sales as well
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the recently imposed tariffs (and retaliatory measures), possible changes therefrom and other trade restrictions; (iii)&nbsp;the impact of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, increases in
commodity prices and borrowing costs and their related impact on the Company&#8217;s costs and expenses; (iv)&nbsp;the Company&#8217;s ability to maintain and obtain sufficient sources of liquidity to fund its operations, to achieve planned sales,
gross margin and net income, to keep costs low, to implement its business strategy, maintain relationships with its primary vendors, to source raw materials, to mitigate fluctuations in the availability and prices of the Company&#8217;s merchandise,
to compete with other jewelers, to succeed in its marketing initiatives (including with respect to Birks branded products), and to have a successful customer service program; (v)&nbsp;the Company&#8217;s plan to evaluate the productivity of existing
stores, close unproductive stores and open new stores in new prime retail locations, renovate existing stores and invest in its website and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-commerce</FONT> platform; (vi)&nbsp;the Company&#8217;s ability to execute
its strategic vision; and (vii)&nbsp;the Company&#8217;s ability to invest in and finance capital expenditures; (viii)&nbsp;the Company&#8217;s ability to maintain its listing on the NYSE American exchange or to list its shares on another national
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