Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-05-23
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0000947871-25-000563
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Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-23
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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independent consultant since February 2020. Previously, Mr. Peretz served as the Chief Financial Officer of the United Parcel Service,
Inc. (“ UPS”), an American multinational shipping and receiving supply chain management company, from July 2015 to February
2020. Mr. Peretz also held various leadership positions at UPS, including as the Controller and Treasurer as well as head of Mergers &
Acquisitions from 2007 to 2015, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of International Operations from 2002 to 2007 and in various
other roles of increasing responsibility from 1981 to 2010. With extensive experience as the chief financial officer of other public companies,
Mr. Peretz has experience with corporate financials, business practice, and compensation committee matters. Mr. Peretz also currently
serves on the boards of directors of several companies, including Boxbot, Inc., a startup venture that produces conveyors and package
handling systems, since September 2023. Mr. Peretz previously served on the board of directors of Iris Acquisition Corp., (formerly Tribe
Capital Growth Corp. I), a special purpose acquisition company, from March 2021 to May 2025, Altus Power, Inc., a provider of alternative
energy solutions, from December 2021 to April 2025, Semper Paratus Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, from
October 2021 to June 2022, Electric Last Mile Solutions, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of electric vehicles, from June 2021 to June
2022, and First International Bancorp,
a state-chartered bank of Connecticut, from 2008 to 2015. Mr. Peretz served as an Investment Committee Member for the UPS Strategic Venture,
a venture capital fund managed by the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund of UPS, from 2013 to February 2020. Mr. Peretz served as a Board Member
on the Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross, a disaster and humanitarian relief organization, from 2008 to 2015.

For these reasons, the Board, in connection with the recommendation
of the Committee, found that Mr. Peretz is particularly qualified to bring strategic insight, advise on corporate governance matters and
provide in-depth knowledge regarding the Company’s operations, financial performance and financial reporting to the Board.

The Board, in connection with the recommendation of the Committee,
also considered the events that led to Mr. Peretz’s conditional resignation. ISS Proxy Advisory Services (“ ISS”)