{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000947871-24-000251","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CHEF","cik":"0001517175","company_name":"Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.","filed_at":"2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:24.463082+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-05T04:41:45.888196+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Chefs' Warehouse reaches cooperation deal with Legion Partners; adds 3 directors, reduces board by 5","bullets":["Legion Partners beneficially owns ~3.3% of CHEF (1,328,214 shares); board expanded to 14, then reduced to 9 by 2025.","New independent directors: Richard Peretz, Wendy Weinstein, Lester Owens appointed; Peretz & Weinstein on task force.","Five incumbent directors (served 5+ years) to step off after 2024 and 2025 annual meetings.","Operational and Financial Performance Task Force formed to identify margin improvement opportunities.","Standstill extended if FY2024 adj. EBITDA margin >=5.7% and FY2025 guidance midpoint >=6.2%."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-24-000251","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-24-000251.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-24-000251.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-24-000251.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787124000251/0000947871-24-000251-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787124000251/ss3089888_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-05T04:41:45.888196+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"cef7f8fcf945e2e6395cb4a7298a7a0adcac6c9a","claim":"Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. entered into Cooperation Agreement with Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC, Legion Partners, L.P. I, Legion Partners, L.P. II, Legion Partners, LLC, Legion Partners Holdings, LLC, Christopher S. Kiper, and Raymond White (effective 2024-03-01).","evidence_excerpt":"On March 1, 2024, The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), entered into an agreement (the “ Cooperation Agreement ”) with Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC, Legion Partners, L.P. I, Legion Partners, L.P. II, Legion Partners, LLC, Legion Partners Holdings, LLC, Christopher S. Kiper, and Raymond White (collectively, the “ Investor Group ” and each individually, an “ Investor ”).","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787124000251/0000947871-24-000251-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Material Agreements","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"entry"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC, Legion Partners, L.P. I, Legion Partners, L.P. II, Legion Partners, LLC, Legion Partners Holdings, LLC, Christopher S. Kiper, and Raymond White"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2024-03-01"}],"fact_type":"material_agreement"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}