Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
Chunk: 76

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 76
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 component of the then-current annual retainer. Each director has three years from the date of the director’s election to the Board to attain such level of stock ownership. After achieving the minimum level of stock ownership, ownership of the minimum amount must be maintained as long as the director remains on the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in its discretion may extend the period of time for attainment of such ownership levels in appropriate circumstances. Until the stock ownership requirements are met, directors are required to retain the net number of shares of the Company’s common stock received by the directors pursuant to awards granted to the directors or exercised by the directors pursuant to the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan.

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PROPOSAL 2—RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</div>

The Audit Committee is responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee has selected BDO USA, P.C. (“BDO”) as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025 and has recommended to the Board that this selection be submitted to our stockholders for ratification at the Annual Meeting. Stockholder ratification of the selection of BDO as our independent registered public accounting firm is not required by law or otherwise. However, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, is submitting the selection of BDO to stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate governance. If stockholders do not ratify the selection of BDO, the Audit Committee will reconsider the matter. BDO has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since 2006. The Audit Committee considers the impact of changing auditors when assessing whether to retain the current independent registered public accounting firm.

Representatives of BDO, which served as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024, will be present at the Annual Meeting to respond to appropriate questions and to make such statements as they may desire.

The Board unanimously recommends that stockholders vote “FOR” ratification of the selection of BDO as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025. Proxies received by the Board will be voted “FOR” ratification of BDO unless a contrary choice is specified in the proxy.

#### Vote Required
An affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented at the Annual Meeting in person (including by webcast) or by properly executed proxy and entitled to vote on Proposal 2 is necessary to ratify the selection of BDO as our