Company: CAVA
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-019936
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Company: CAVA GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 strategy and launched a reimagined loyalty program

• Continued training and quality standards to consistently deliver to our customers; and

• Continued focus on creating a culture of growth, discipline, and employee engagement.

Each NEO was eligible to receive an annual bonus under the CAVA Short-Term Incentive Plan. After reviewing individual contributions to the accomplishments described above, the Committee approved Individual Performance Ratings of 150% of target for each of Ms. Tolivar, Mr. Xenohristos, and Ms. Costanza and 200% of target for each of Mr. Schulman and Ms. Somers.

The table below shows the 2024 target annual bonus based on each NEO’s applicable base salary and the actual CAVA Short-Term Incentive Plan bonus earned based on our financial results and the individual performance of our NEOs, as determined by our Committee.

| Executive             |     | Target 
 (%)    |     |   | Target 
 ($)    |         |     | Actual 
 ($)    |           |
| Brett Schulman        |     |        | 100 | % |        | 650,000 |     |        | 1,259,700 |
| Tricia Tolivar        |     |        |  50 | % |        | 270,500 |     |        |   490,416 |
| Jennifer Somers       |     |        |  50 | % |        | 255,000 |     |        |   494,190 |
| Theodoros Xenohristos |     |        |  50 | % |        | 200,000 |     |        |   362,600 |
| Kelly Costanza        |     |        |  50 | % |        | 200,000 |     |        |   362,600 |

#### Equity Incentive Compensation
The Committee believes that participation by our NEOs in our equity incentive program strengthens the alignment between the interests of our executive officers and those of our stockholders. Granting equity incentives with extended vesting periods also serves to encourage retention. The Company maintains the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan, a stockholder-approved long-term incentive compensation plan, under which, in 2023, we granted RSUs and stock options. No equity awards were granted to our NEOs in 2024 because each executive received an equity grant in connection with our IPO that was intended to address equity award opportunities for fiscal 2024. We believe a brief discussion