Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
Chunk: 33

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 33
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 “independent directors” within the meaning of the Nasdaq

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Listing Rules and no member is an employee or former employee of the Company. During fiscal 2024, no member of the Compensation Committee had any relationship requiring disclosure under the section “ CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - Certain Relationships and Related Transactions .” None of our executive officers served during fiscal 2024 as a member of the compensation committee (or other committee serving an equivalent function) of any other entity, one of whose executive officers served as a director on the Board or as a member of the Compensation Committee. None of our executive officers served during fiscal 2024 as a director of any other entity, one of whose executive officers served as a director on the Board or as a member of the Compensation Committee.

#### Communication with the Board of Directors
Our stockholders may communicate directly with the Board. All communications should be in written form and directed to Alexandros Aldous, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Chief Government Relations Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc., 100 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877. Communications should be enclosed in a sealed envelope that prominently indicates that it is intended for the Board. Each communication intended for the Board and received by the corporate secretary that is related to our operations and is relevant to a specific director’s service on the Board will, following its clearance through normal review and appropriate security procedures, be forwarded to our independent Lead Director for review and approval and then, upon approval, to the specified party.

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#### PROPOSAL 1—ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
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#### Directors and Nominees for Director
Our Board members are all elected annually. The term of each current director will expire at the Annual Meeting. Each of Ms. Brown, Mr. Goldstone, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Owens, Mr. C. Pappas, Mr. J. Pappas, Mr. Peretz, Ms. Walton-Ruskin and Ms. Weinstein has been nominated to stand for re-election as a director at the Annual Meeting to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2026 and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. Each nominee has indicated his or her willingness to serve, if elected. If any nominee should be unable to serve, the person acting under the proxy may vote the proxy for a substitute nominee. We