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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 vested and unvested time-vesting restricted stock unit awards or their equivalent under any broad-based equity compensation plan or program implemented by the Company;

• Non-Employee Director deferred shares or share unit awards or their equivalent under any equity compensation plan or program implemented by the Company;

• shares or share equivalents held in qualified or nonqualified savings, profit-sharing, or deferred compensation accounts; and

• shares owned by a partnership, limited liability company or other entity to the extent of the Covered Person’s interest therein (or the interest therein of his or her Family Members) but only if such Covered Person has or shares power to vote or dispose of the shares.

Executives, including NEOs, and non-employee directors covered by the SO Guidelines are encouraged to hold not less than fifty percent (50%) of Company equity acquired, net of taxes, through the vesting of any Company equity award until the Guideline Levels provided in the SO Guidelines are met. In addition to the multiple of salary or multiple of cash retainer guideline, other guidelines, including the length of time executives have to attain the multiple guideline, are defined in the SO Guidelines.

The Committee assesses progress toward meeting stock ownership expectations on an annual basis, measured on the last day of each calendar year. Management discusses with the Committee each NEO’s and non-employee director’s progress toward meeting his or her stock ownership expectations. As of December 31, 2024, each NEO and director had either met the guidelines provided in the SO Guidelines or was deemed by the Committee to be on a satisfactory path to meet the guidelines provided in the SO Guidelines.

#### Securities Trading Policy
We have adopted a Securities Trading Policythat governs the purchase, sale, and other transactions in our securities by our directors, officers, and employees that we believe are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules, and regulations and applicable NYSE listing standards. Our Securities Trading Policy also requires that the Company and its subsidiaries must, at all times, comply with the applicable securities laws when transacting in its own securities.

Our Securities Trading Policy prohibits our directors, officers, and employees (including family members of the same and entities controlled by any such persons) from engaging in any transactions, including variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, and exchange funds, that are designed to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of the Company’s equity securities. Our Securities Trading Policy also prohibits any of the foregoing persons, whether or not in possession of material non-public information, from purchasing the Company