---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-21-000873"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:33:19.413956+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse amends bylaws to remove director term limit, restricts cash buyout of underwater options

## Summary
- Board removed 10-year director term limit from Bylaws, effective August 3, 2021.
- Amendment prohibits cash payment for cancellation of underwater options/stock appreciation rights without stockholder approval.
- Changes apply under the 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.
- Board cites desire to retain experienced directors while pursuing orderly succession.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-21-000873
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787121000873/0000947871-21-000873-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787121000873/ss412173_8k.htm

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