Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
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Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
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 ethical business practices throughout our supply chain. Our Environmental, Health and Safety Policy promotes and protects the health and safety of our employees and reinforces our commitment to environmental stewardship, such as through our endorsement of the United Nations Global Compact CEO Water Mandate.

Throughout 2024, we started to receive and dispatch replacements to our vehicle fleet with improved fuel efficiency and have seen an overall improvement in miles per gallon with these units. We will continue to receive planned replacement units through 2025. Additionally, we are continuing to test zero emission vehicles in our west coast facilities and have partnered with environmental engineering firms and fleet vendor partners to keep abreast of the ever-changing regulations and technology as we work on sustainability solutions for our fleet.

#### Governance Highlights
We believe that good governance practices benefit our stockholders by improving the Company’s accountability and transparency. The Company is committed to maintaining and improving its corporate governance practices. The Company has the following governance features in place as of March 26, 2025:

| Annual Elections with Majority Vote Standard |     |  Yes |     | Stock Ownership Guidelines for Executives         |     | Yes |
| Lead Independent Director                    |     |  Yes |     | Anti-Hedging Policy                               |     | Yes |
| Board Independence                           |     |  82% |     | Code of Conduct and Ethics                        |     | Yes |
| Committee Independence                       |     | 100% |     | Board Member Recruiting Guidelines                |     | Yes |
| Number of Financial Experts                  |     |    2 |     | Executive Sessions of the Board                   |     | Yes |
| Board Diversity (female)                     |     |  36% |     | Board Diversity (underrepresented groups)         |     | 21% |
| Anonymous Reporting                          |     |  Yes |     | Board Committees Complete Annual Self-Evaluations |     | Yes |
| Clawback Policy                              |     |  Yes |     | Over-Boarding Policy                              |     | Yes |
| Share Repurchase Program                     |     |  Yes |     |                                                   |     |     |

#### Director Nominees
Our director nominees possess relevant experience, skills and qualifications that allow the Board to effectively oversee the Company’s strategy and management. The Board has identified key skills, qualifications and experience that are important to the Board as a whole in light of our current business strategy and expected needs. Our director nominees have developed competencies in these skills through education, direct experience and oversight responsibilities.

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