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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 considers appropriate, existing commitments to other businesses, service on other boards of directors or similar governing bodies of public or private companies or committees thereof, potential conflicts of interest with other pursuits, legal considerations such as antitrust issues, corporate governance background, various and relevant career experience, relevant technical skills, relevant business or government acumen, financial and accounting background, technology background, compliance background, executive compensation background, and the size, composition and combined expertise of the existing Board of Directors.

In identifying prospective director candidates, the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee may seek referrals from other members of the Board of Directors, management, and other sources, including third party recommendations. The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee may also engage firms that specialize in identifying director candidates to our Board of Directors.

The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee will consider candidates for director recommended by stockholders so long as the recommendations comply with our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including those promulgated by the SEC. The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee will evaluate candidates recommended by stockholders for nomination for election to the Board of Directors on a substantially similar basis as it considers other nominees. Stockholders wishing to recommend a candidate for nomination should comply with the procedures set forth in our Bylaws. For further information, see the section below entitled "Procedures for Submitting Stockholder Proposals."

#### Board Leadership Structure
Ronald Shaich serves as Chair of the Board of Directors. As provided in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Board of Directors does not have a policy on whether or not the roles of Chair and Chief Executive Officer should be separate or combined or, if they are to be separate, whether the Chair should be selected from the independent directors. Accordingly, the Board of Directors believes that it should be free to make a choice from time to time regarding a leadership structure that is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. At this time, the Board of Directors believes that Mr. Shaich is best situated to serve as Chair and that the Company’s current separated roles of Chair and Chief Executive Officer is appropriate. Mr. Shaich is best suited to serve as Chair of our Board of Directors as a result of his extensive experience in the restaurant industry. Mr. Schulman has held the position of Chief Executive Officer since 2010. Separating these positions allows our Chief Executive Officer to focus on running the business, while allowing our Chair to lead the Board of Directors in its fundamental role of providing advice