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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

2026-09-25 compared with 2025-09-26 · 40 added, 34 removed, 44 unchanged (63% of the section changed)

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The Company and its subsidiaries are party to various legal and regulatory proceedings and claims incidental to their business in the ordinary course.

In the opinion of management, based upon information currently available, the ultimate liability with respect to these proceedings and claims will not materially affect the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial position.

While the resolution of a proceeding or claim may have an impact on our financial results for the period in which it is resolved, we believe that the final disposition of the proceedings and claims in which we are currently involved, either individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial position.

Pursuant to Instruction to Item 401 of Regulation S ‑ K and General Instruction G(3) to Form 10 ‑ K, the information regarding legal proceedings is included in Part I of this Form 10 ‑ K.

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President and Chief Executive Officer

Senior Vice President, Chief Merchant and Retail Supply Chain

Christopher Edwards

Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer

Chad Crawford

Senior Vice President, Culinary and Menu Strategy

Heather Hager

Senior Vice President, Retail

Douglas Hisel

Senior Vice President, Store Operations

Bruce Hoffmeister

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Jennifer Lankford

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

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Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Cammie Spillyards-Schaefer

Senior Vice President, Restaurant and Retail Operations

Senior Vice President, Chief Restaurant Supply Chain Officer

Richard Wolfson

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Brian Vaclavik

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The following information summarizes the business experience of each of our executive officers for at least the past five years:

Masino joined us as Chief Executive Officer-Elect in August 2023 and assumed her current position of President and Chief Executive Officer in November 2023, when she also became a member of our Board of Directors.

Prior to joining us, she served as President, International of Taco Bell, a subsidiary of Yum!

Brands from January 2020 to June 2023.

From January 2018 to December 2019, she served as President, North America of Taco Bell.

Masino served as the President, SVP and GM Fisher-Price at Mattel, Inc.

from April 2017 to January 2018.

Prior to her service at Mattel, she served as the President and then the Chief Executive Officer of Sprinkles Cupcakes from 2014 to 2017.

From 2002 to 2014, Ms.

Masino served in various leadership roles at Starbucks Corporation.

Masino has over 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry.

Daily has been employed with us as Senior Vice President, Retail since May 2012.

Prior to May 2012, she served as Vice President for Ballard Designs, an internet and catalog home furnishings retailer that is part of HSN, Inc., where she was in charge of all merchandising and trends for the company.

She has over 30 years of experience as a merchant with a number of retail organizations.

Dailey will retire from the Company effective October 1, 2025.

Edwards joined us in March 2024 in his current position.

Prior to joining us, he served as Chief Strategy Officer at Canopy Growth Corporation from 2020 to 2023.

Prior to his service at Canopy Growth Corporation, he served in various capacities including Senior Vice President of Strategy at Constellation Brands from 2010 to 2020.

Prior to Constellation Brands, he served as a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group from 2001 to 2009.

He has over 20 years of experience in serving as a strategy leader.

Deno joined us as President and Chief Executive Officer in August 2026.

Prior to joining us, Mr.

Deno served as Chief Executive Officer of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

from April 2019 to September 2024.

He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of Bloomin’ Brands from October 2013 to April 2019, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bloomin’ Brands from May 2012 to October 2013.

Prior to Bloomin’ Brands, he served as President of Asia and Chief Financial Officer for the International Division at Best Buy Co., Inc.

from December 2009 to May 2012.

Earlier in his career, he spent more than 15 years at Yum!

and Pizza Hut (prior to its ownership by Yum!

Brands), including serving as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Yum!

Brands and Chief Financial Officer of Pizza Hut.

Deno began his career in the restaurant industry at Burger King Corporation.

He has more than four decades of experience across the restaurant and retail industries.

Crawford joined us as President of Maple Street Biscuit Company in August 2024 and assumed his current position of Senior Vice President, Culinary and Menu Strategy in July 2026.

Prior to joining us, he held the position of Chief Brand Officer for Spotless Brands from January 2023 to August 2024 as well as at CKE Restaurants from September 2019 to December 2022.

His experience also includes eight years with Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen from September 2011 to August 2019, where he advanced through a variety of leadership roles to become President of North America.

He has over 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry.

Hager joined us as Vice President, Retail & Design in September 2024 and assumed her current position of Senior Vice President, Retail in February 2026.

Prior to joining us, she was President of Communitees, a retail consultancy, from January 2022 to May 2024.

From 2019 to 2022, she served as founder and Chief Designer at HH Interiors, a boutique consultancy offering design services to high-net-worth clients.

She previously served in various capacities including President of Ann Sacks, a manufacturer and retailer within Kohler, from 2017 to 2019.

From 2002 to 2016, she spent 14 years at Starbucks Coffee Company, holding leadership roles across Strategy, Customer Experience, Brand and Category Management.

She also held finance and merchandise leadership roles at Limited Brands from 1996 to 2002 and began her career in business advisory services at PwC, from 1994 to 1996, focused on the retail and consumer goods sectors.

She has over 20 years of experience across retail and hospitality.

Hisel has been employed with us since 2007 and assumed his current position in October 2025.

He joined us as an Associate Manager in 2007 and served in various other operations roles of increasing responsibility, including Regional Vice President from 2017 to 2019, Vice President, Operations Administration from 2019 to 2020 and his previous role as Vice President, Field Operations from 2020 to 2025.

Hisel has over 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry.

Hoffmeister joined us in January 2021 as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.

Prior to joining us, he worked at Marriott International for over 30 years where he served in a number of finance and technology executive positions, including Senior Vice President of Lodging Finance, Senior Vice President of Global Revenue Management and his most recent role as Global Chief Information Officer.

Lankford joined us in October 2018 as Senior Corporate Counsel and served in her previous position of Vice President, Deputy General Counsel from August 2024 to May 2026.

She assumed her current position as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in May 2026.

Prior to joining us, she was a litigation partner at Thompson Burton, PLLC.

Lankford has over fifteen years of legal experience.

Moore joined us in July 2024 in her current position.

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Before joining us, she practiced law for ten years, most recently as a partner focused on commercial litigation and employment law.

Spillyards-Schaefer has been employed with us since 2017 and assumed her current position in January 2022.

From 2017 to 2021, she served in various capacities in both operations and home office functions including Regional Vice President of Restaurant Operations from 2021 to 2022 and Vice President of Culinary from 2017 to 2021.

Spillyards-Schaefer has over 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry.

Spurgin joined us in January 2023 as Senior Vice President, Chief Restaurant Supply Chain Officer.

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He has over 30 years of supply chain experience.

Wolfson has been employed with us in his current capacity since July 2017.

From January 2006 to April 2017, he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at CLARCOR Inc., an industrial company.

From 2001 to 2006, he was a partner of the InterAmerican Group, an advisory services and private equity firm.

Wolfson has over 30 years of legal experience.

Vaclavik joined us in October 2023 as Vice President and Controller and assumed his current position in November 2023.

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Item 3. Legal Proceedings