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 44
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it from) provision for income taxes, and depreciation and amortization, further adjusted to exclude equity-based compensation, other income, net, impairment and asset disposal costs, restructuring and other costs, and certain non-recurring public company costs.

#### Pay for performance alignment
The following table identifies the two most important performance measures used by our People, Culture, and Compensation Committee to link the compensation actually paid (“CAP”) to our CEO and other NEOs in 2024 to company performance. The role of each of these performance measures on our NEOs’ compensation is discussed in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above.

| Most Important Performance Measures |
| Adjusted EBITDA                     |
| Revenue                             |

The charts below reflect the relationship of CAP to our CEO and other NEOs in each of 2023 and 2024 to (1) TSR of CAVA and Peer Group TSR, (2) net income, and (3) Adjusted EBITDA. CAP, as required under SEC rules, reflects adjusted values to unvested and vested equity awards during the years shown in the table based on year-end stock prices and various valuation assumptions, but does not reflect actual amounts paid out for those awards. CAP generally fluctuates due to stock price achievement. For a discussion of how our People, Culture and Compensation Committee assesses CAVA’s performance and our NEOs pay each year, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” in this Proxy Statement.

#### CAVA Group, Inc.412025 Proxy Statement
| Excluding the $80.1 million net benefit from the release of the valuation allowance against deferred tax assets, net income for 2024 would have been $50.1 million. The relationship between CEO CAP, and non-CEO CAP, to net income would still have been positive between 2023 and 2024. |

#### CAVA Group, Inc.422025 Proxy Statement
Certain Relationships and
Related-Party Transactions

#### Related Person Transaction Policy
Our Board of Directors recognizes the fact that transactions with related persons present a heightened risk of conflicts of interests and/or improper valuation (or the perception thereof). Our Board of Directors has adopted a written statement of policy regarding the review, approval, or ratification of transactions with related persons, which we refer to as our “related person transaction policy,” that is in conformity with the requirements upon issuers having publicly-held common stock that is listed on the NYSE.

Our related person transaction policy requires that a “related person” (as defined as in paragraph (a)