Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
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Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
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 John Pappas, Richard N. Peretz, Debra Walton-Ruskin and Wendy M. Weinstein as directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified;

2. To ratify the selection of BDO USA, P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 26, 2025;

3. To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers;

4. To approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan; and

5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting.

These matters are more fully described in the accompanying proxy statement. We are not aware of any other business to be transacted at the Annual Meeting.

Only stockholders of record on our books at the close of business on March 17, 2025 will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and at any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting. For 10 days prior to the Annual Meeting, a list of stockholders entitled to vote will be available for inspection by any stockholder for any purpose germane to the Annual Meeting at our principal executive offices located at 100 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877. The stockholder list will also be available on the internet through the virtual web conference during the Annual Meeting.

Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please vote your shares. In addition to voting by mail or during the Annual Meeting by following the instructions available on the Annual Meeting website, stockholders of record have the option of voting by telephone by calling 1-800-690-6903 or via the internet. If your shares are held in the name of a bank, broker or other holder or record (i.e., in “street name”), please read your voting instructions to see which of these options are available to you. The proxy materials provide you with details on how to vote by these methods. We encourage you to vote in the method that suits you best so that your shares will be voted at the Annual Meeting.

In accordance with rules approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we are furnishing proxy materials to our stockholders over the internet. On or about March 26, 2025, we mailed to all stockholders of record, as of the close of business on March