Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
Chunk: 92

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 92
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 |   | Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights |     |       | Number of securities remaining available for issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in the second column) |         |   |
| Equity Compensation Plans approved by stockholders     |     |                                                                                             | 128,784 |   |                                                                             |     | 22.68 |                                                                                                                                             | 824,912 |   |
| Equity Compensation Plans not approved by stockholders |     |                                                                                             |         | — |                                                                             |     |     — |                                                                                                                                             |         | — |
| Total                                                  |     |                                                                                             | 128,784 |   |                                                                             |     | 22.68 |                                                                                                                                             | 824,912 |   |

The Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR the proposal to approve an amendment to The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.

#### Vote Required
An affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented at the Annual Meeting in person (including by webcast) or by properly executed proxy and entitled to vote on Proposal 4 is necessary for approval. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of Proposal 4, and abstentions will be equivalent to a vote against this proposal. If no voting specification is made on a properly returned or voted proxy card, the proxies will vote FOR Proposal 4.

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### OTHER MATTERS

#### Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors, executive officers and holders of more than 10% of our common stock (“Reporting Persons”) to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of common stock and other equity securities. To the Company’s knowledge, based solely upon a review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 and amendments thereto filed with the SEC for fiscal 2024 and written representations from Reporting Persons, the Company believes that all Reporting Persons filed the required reports on a timely basis, except that Messrs. Cugine, Goldstone, Lewis and Owens and Mses. Brown, Oliver, Walton-Ruskin and Weinstein had one late Form 4 with respect to one transaction and Mr. Peretz had two late Forms 4 with respect to two transactions.

Stockholder Proposals for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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