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
Chunk 22
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#### Decision-Making Responsibility
Role of the Committee. The Committee has the general responsibility for reviewing and approving the corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of those goals and objectives, and, either as a committee or together with the other independent directors (as directed by our Board of Directors), determining and approving our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation based on such evaluation. The Committee is also responsible for reviewing and approving, or making recommendations to our Board of Directors with respect to, the compensation of our other executive officers, including our NEOs (other than the Chief Executive Officer), including any relevant corporate goals and objectives, annual performance objectives, annual salary, bonus, equity-based incentives, and other benefits. The Committee also serves as the administrator of our equity incentive plan.

Role of Executives. Our NEOs have a limited role in the executive compensation process. Our Chief Executive Officer provides the Committee with evaluations of his direct reports, including our other NEOs, and makes compensation recommendations for these individuals. While the Committee considers the feedback provided by our Chief Executive Officer, it remains solely responsible for approving, or recommending to our Board of Directors for approval, the compensation of all of our executive officers.

#### Compensation Setting Process
The Committee follows a thoughtful and deliberate approach in discharging its responsibilities with respect to our executive compensation program and making compensation decisions throughout the year. In fulfilling this role, the Committee reviews with its independent compensation consultant the elements and levels of the compensation paid or granted to our NEOs. While the

#### CAVA Group, Inc.242025 Proxy Statement
Committee does not strictly benchmark any element of compensation described below to any specified compensation levels within the Company’s peer group, it generally seeks to set overall compensation at the median level of such compensation at companies within our peer group and also as reflected in general industry surveys representing companies with similar revenue and market capitalization.

We intend to hold our first non-binding stockholder advisory vote on our compensation programs this year at our annual meeting of stockholders and the Committee is expected to review and consider the vote results in connection with making future compensation decisions.

#### Role of Compensation Consultant
Under its charter, the Committee has the sole discretion to retain and seek the advice of a compensation consultant in order to assist the Committee with fulfilling its compensation-related responsibilities. In 2024, the Committee retained Pearl Meyer Partners (“Pearl Meyer”) as its independent compensation consultant. During 2024, Pearl Meyer