Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
Chunk: 40

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 40
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 completed the expansion of our distribution center in Dubai, UAE.

Our Board credits the leadership of Christopher Pappas, our Chief Executive Officer, and our other named executive officers for contributing to our 2024 achievements, along with:

• working cohesively to effectively manage the Company;

• fostering our entrepre neurial and innovative workplace culture while maintaining our commitment to act with integrity and respect;

• providing their strategic vision; and

• evaluating and maintaining a liquidity position in compliance with the Company ’ s debt obligations.

As described in greater detail in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis below, we emphasize a pay for performance culture. The design of our 2024 compensation program and our 2024 pay decisions were based on peer group data, survey information and input from the advisors to the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee set ambitious performance targets for 2024 as w e continue to push ourselves to perform at and achieve even greater results for our Company.

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#### Compensation Discussion and Analysis
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis discusses the objectives and elements of our compensation programs and the compensation awarded to our named executive officers in fiscal 2024. This information should be read in conjunction with the Summary Compensation Table and the related tables and narratives that follow this Compensation Discussion and Analysis. For fiscal 2024, the following individuals are our named executive officers:

• Mr. Christopher Pappas, our chairman, president and chief executive officer;

• Mr. John Pappas, our vice chairman and chief operating officer;

• Mr. James Leddy, our chief financial officer;

• Mr. Alexandros Aldous, our general counsel, corporate secretary, chief government relations officer and chief administrative officer; and

• Ms. Christina Polychroni, our chief human resources officer.

#### Overview of Compensation Process
The Compensation Committee of our Board consists solely of directors who are “independent” under the rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq. The Compensation Committee has overall responsibility for the compensation program for our executive officers, including our named executive officers. For fiscal 2024, the Compensation Committee engaged a compensation consultant, Frederic W. Cook & Co. (“FW Cook”) to help it in assessing executive officer and director compensation. A representative of FW Cook provided input on 2024 annual and long-term incentive plan design, reviewed the peer group used for benchmarking executive compensation, provided compensation data to the Compensation Committee, and assisted with preparation of our Pay versus Performance disclosure. The Compensation Committee authorized FW Cook to interact with management