Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
Chunk: 94

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 94
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 proxy statement.

THE BOARD HOPES THAT STOCKHOLDERS WILL ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING ON THE INTERNET THROUGH THE VIRTUAL WEB CONFERENCE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, YOU ARE URGED TO VOTE EITHER VIA THE INTERNET, OR BY TELEPHONE, OR BY COMPLETING, SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD (IF RECEIVED BY MAIL) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT YOUR SHARES ARE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING. STOCKHOLDERS OF RECORD OR BENEFICIAL STOCKHOLDERS NAMED AS PROXIES BY THEIR STOCKHOLDERS OF RECORD WHO ATTEND THE MEETING MAY REVOKE THEIR PROXIES AND CAST THEIR VOTES ELECTRONICALLY OVER THE INTERNET DURING THE MEETING.

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|                |     | By Order of the Board of Directors, |
|                |     | /s/ Christopher Pappas              |
|                |     | Christopher Pappas                  |
|                |     | Chairman of the Board               |
| March 26, 2025 |     |                                     |

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#### APPENDIX A

#### Amendment No. 1 to

#### The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.
<div align='center'>Amended and Restated 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan</div>

1. Amendment to Section 4.1 . The first and second sentences of Section 4.1 of the Plan are deleted and replaced with the following:

4.1 Shares Available . Subject to the provisions of Section 4.2 below, the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be issued pursuant to all Awards after the Effective Date of the Plan is 5,780,000 Shares (the “Share Reserve”). The number of Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options may be granted shall be no more than 5,780,000 Shares.

2. Continued Effect . Except as set forth herein, the Plan shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and the forms of award agreements and any outstanding award agreements under the Plan shall effectively adopt the amendments herein, as applicable.

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