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
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 of our stock, by itself, does not constitute a material relationship.

Our Board of Directors have affirmatively determined that each of Philippe Amouyal, David Bosserman, Benjamin Felt, Todd Klein, Karen Kochevar, James D. White, and Lauri Shanahan qualifies as “independent” in accordance with the NYSE rules. In making its independence determinations, our Board of Directors considered and reviewed all information known to it (including information identified through directors’ questionnaires).

#### Communications with Directors
Interested parties may communicate with our Board of Directors or with an individual director by writing to our Board of Directors or to the particular director and mailing the correspondence to: CAVA Group, Inc., 14 Ridge Square NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20016, Attention: Corporate Secretary. If the Corporate Secretary determines that the communication merits the attention of the addressee, the Corporate Secretary will forward the communication to such individual. Communications of a material nature that relate to accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters will be referred to the Chair of the Audit Committee.

#### CAVA Group, Inc.92025 Proxy Statement

### Background and Experience of Directors
When considering whether directors and nominees have the experience, qualifications, attributes, or skills, taken as a whole, to enable our Board of Directors to satisfy its oversight responsibilities effectively in light of our business and structure, our Board of Directors focused primarily on each person’s background and experience as reflected in the information discussed in each of the directors’ individual biographies set forth above. We believe that our directors provide an appropriate mix of experience and skills relevant to the size and nature of our business. In evaluating director candidates, we consider, and will continue to consider in the future, factors including, personal and professional character, integrity, ethics and values, experience in corporate management, finance and other relevant industry experience, social policy concerns, judgment, director independence, potential conflicts of interest, including other commitments, practical and mature business judgment, and any other relevant qualifications, attributes, or skills.

#### Director Nominations
The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and recommending nominees for election to our Board of Directors. The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee may consider certain individual qualifications of the prospective nominee, including strength of character, mature judgment, familiarity with the Company’s business and industry, independence of thought, and an ability to work collegially with the other members of the Board of Directors, as well as any other factors it