Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
Chunk: 58

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 58
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 target and maximum performance of the ROIC component of the 2024 Grants made pursuant to the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan. The forfeiture restrictions associated with these restricted stock awards will immediately lapse upon the Compensation Committee ’ s certification of the attainment of ROIC greater than 10% for the performance period beginning at the start of fiscal 2024 and ending at the conclusion of fiscal 2026, up to a maximum if ROIC is greater than or equal to 15% (for an attainment of 200%), provided that the grantee provided continuous service through the applicable vesting date and further provided that the additional conditions and performance criteria related to ROIC for the performance period ending at the conclusion of fiscal 2026 were met, as set forth in the grantee ’ s performance-based vesting restricted share award agreement.

(7) The forfeiture restrictions associated with these restricted share awards will lapse in one-third increments on March 4, 2025 through 2027.

#### Outstanding Equity Awards at 2024 Fiscal Year End
The table below summarizes the amount of unexercised stock options and unvested time-based vesting and performance-based vesting restricted stock awards granted to each named executive officer as of December 27, 2024. The vesting schedule for each grant can be found in the footnotes to this table, based on the grant date. We did not issue stock options in fiscal 2024 to any of our named executive officers. For additional information on our equity awards, see “ EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION - Compensation Discussion and Analysis - Components of Fiscal 2024 Compensation for Our Named Executive Officers - Long-Term Equity Compensation ” on page 28 of this proxy statement.

|                      |     |                                                                        OPTION AWARDS |     |    |     |                       |     |                        |     | STOCK AWARDS |     |                                                |     |     |     |                                                            |     |                                                                                                     |     |     |     |                                                                                                                        |
| Name                 |     | Equity Incentive Plan Award: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) |     |    |     | Option Exercise Price 
                   ($) |     | Option Expiration Date |     |              |     | Number of Shares of Stock That Have Not Vested 
                                            (#) |     |     |     | Market Value of Shares of Stock That Have Not Vested(1)($) |     | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That