Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
Chunk: 8

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 8
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. Copies of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, this proxy statement, the proxy card and our Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024 are being made available to stockholders of record on or about March 26, 2025. We are making these materials available to you on the internet or, upon your request, by delivering printed versions of these materials to you without charge by mail. On or about March 26, 2025, we mailed to all stockholders of record, as of the Record Date, the Notice of Proxy Availability, which contains instructions on how to access these materials and vote their shares of our common stock.

We will, upon written request of any stockholder, furnish without charge a copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), without exhibits. Please address all such requests to the attention of Alexandros Aldous, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Chief Government Relations Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc., 100 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877. Exhibits will be provided upon written request to Mr. Aldous and payment of an appropriate processing fee .

#### Voting
Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote. Stockholders of record may vote by calling 1-800-690-6903, by using the internet or by mailing your signed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. If you vote by telephone or the internet, you do NOT need to return your proxy card. Returning the proxy card by mail or voting by telephone or internet will not affect your right to attend the Annual Meeting and change your vote, if desired.

If you are a beneficial owner, you will receive instructions from your nominee that you must follow in order for your shares to be voted. Many of the institutions that act as nominees offer telephone and internet voting.

Voting instructions are included on your proxy card. If you properly fill in your proxy card and send it to us in time to vote, or vote by telephone or the internet, one of the individuals named on your proxy card (your “proxy”) will vote your

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shares as you have directed. If you sign the proxy card but do not make specific choices, your proxy will vote your shares in accordance with the Board’s recommendations.

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