CMG: Leadership change

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On September 14, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (“Chipotle”) increased the size of the Board to 11 directors and elected Sabir Sami as a director effective immediately. The Board determined that Mr. Sami is an independent director within the meaning of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange. The Board did not appoint Mr. Sami to any Board committees. Mr. Sami, age 59, spent 16 years at Yum! Brands, Inc., a global company operating restaurants primarily under the concepts of KFC, Taco Bell, and Habit Burger & Grill (“Yum! Brands”) in a variety of senior leadership roles. He most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of the KFC Division from January 2022 to February 2025, where he reported directly to the Yum! Brands Chief Executive Officer. He previously served in a dual role as KFC Division Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of KFC Asia from January 2020 to January 2022, a role in which he led the global operations team and drove the KFC global operations agenda while overseeing Thailand, India, Asia Central and Greater Asia. Mr. Sami joined Yum! Brands in 2009 and worked on all three brands during his tenure. Mr. Sami received his MBA from The University of Karachi in Pakistan. Mr. Sami is currently a director with Sami Advisory, a business consulting firm he founded in August 2025. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Sami and any other person pursuant to which he was elected as director. There are no family relationships between Mr. Sami and any director or executive officer of Chipotle, and there are no transactions in w