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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns:p="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/ownership" xmlns:p1="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.kscope.io/css/SDR_print.css"><style type="text/css"> .fakeTextBox { border-top: 2px solid #999; border-right: 1px solid #ccc; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; border-left: 2px solid #999; padding: 2px; _width: 800px; height: auto; min-width: 200px; min-height: 50px; word-wrap: break-word; font-size: 0.9em; color: blue; } </style><style type="text/css"> table.tableClass { border: solid black; border-top-width: 1; border-right-width: 1; border-bottom-width: 1; border-left-width: 1; table-layout:fixed; } th.tableClassLeft { border: solid black; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; padding: 2px; } th.tableClassRight { border: solid black; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0; padding: 2px; } th.tableClass { border: solid black; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; padding: 2px; } td.tableClassLeft { border: solid black; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; font-size: 0.9em; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; } td.tableClassRight { border: solid black; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0; font-size: 0.9em; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; } td.tableClass { border: solid black; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; font-size: 0.9em; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; } tr.tableClass { border: solid black; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; } tr.tableClassWithBg { border: solid black; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 1; border-bottom-width: 1; border-left-width: 0; background-color: #e0e0ff } </style></head><body lang="en-US" text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div class="contentwrapper"><table role="presentation" id="header"><tr><td class="title">Form 144 Filer Information</td><td rowspan="2" class="center"> UNITED STATES <br> SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION <br> Washington, D.C. 20549 <br><br> Form 144 <br><br><div style="font-size:.9em;"> NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES <br> PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </div></td><td></td></tr><tr><td class="side" style="text-align: center;vertical-align:middle"><p> FORM 144</p></td><td width="25%"></td></tr></table></div><div id="info"><div class="contentwrapper"><div class="content"><h1>144: Filer Information</h1><table role="presentation" class="filerInformation"><tr><td class="label">Filer CIK</td><td><div class="fakeBox">0001628588</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Filer CCC</td><td><div class="fakeBox">XXXXXXXX</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label"> Is this a LIVE or TEST Filing? </td><td><img src="https://cdn.kscope.io/radio-checked.jpg" alt="Radio button checked"> LIVE <img src="https://cdn.kscope.io/radio-unchecked.jpg" alt="Radio button not checked"> TEST </td></tr><tr><td><h4><em>Submission Contact Information</em></h4></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Name</td><td><div class="fakeBox"></div></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Phone</td><td><div class="fakeBox"></div></td></tr><tr><td class="label">E-Mail Address</td><td><div class="fakeBox"></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div class="content"><h1>144: Issuer Information</h1><div class="form1"><table role="presentation" class="filingInformation" id="submissionInformation"><tr><td class="label">Name of Issuer</td><td><div class="fakeBox">CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label">SEC File Number</td><td><div class="fakeBox">001-32731</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Address of Issuer</td><td><div class="fakeBox">610 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 1100<br>NEWPORT BEACH<br> CALIFORNIA <br>92660</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Phone</td><td><div class="fakeBox">949-524-4000</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Name of Person for Whose Account the Securities are To Be Sold</td><td><div class="fakeBox">BRIAN R. NICCOL</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div class="information" style="text-align:justify"> See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice. <br><br></div></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Relationship to Issuer</td><td><div class="fakeBox">Officer</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Relationship to Issuer</td><td><div class="fakeBox">Director</div></td></tr></table></div><h1>144: Securities Information</h1><div class="form1"><table role="presentation" class="tableClass" id="submissionInformation"><tr width="100%" class="tableClassWithBg"><th width="23%" class="tableClass">Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold</th><th width="22%" class="tableClass">Name and Address of the Broker</th><th width="11%" class="tableClass">Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold</th><th width="12%" class="tableClass">Aggregate Market Value</th><th width="11%" class="tableClass">Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding</th><th width="8%" class="tableClass">Approximate Date of Sale</th><th width="12%" class="tableClass">Name the Securities Exchange</th></tr><tr width="100%" class="tableClass"><td width="23%" class="tableClass">Common</td><td width="22%" class="tableClass"><div>Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services<br>1 New York Plaza<br>8th Floor<br>New York 聽 NY 聽 10004</div></td><td width="11%" class="tableClass">211099</td><td width="12%" class="tableClass">12176253.65</td><td width="11%" class="tableClass">1369476000</td><td width="8%" class="tableClass">09/19/2024</td><td width="12%" class="tableClass"><div>NYSE</div></td></tr></table></div><br><br><div class="information" style="text-align:justify"> Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor: </div><h1>144: Securities To Be Sold</h1><div class="form1"><table role="presentation" class="tableClass" id="securitiesToBeSold"><tr width="100%" class="tableClassWithBg"><th width="14%" class="tableClassRight">Title of the Class</th><th width="8%" class="tableClass">Date you Acquired</th><th width="16%" class="tableClass">Nature of Acquisition Transaction</th><th width="14%" class="tableClass">Name of Person from Whom Acquired</th><th width="4%" class="tableClass">Is this a Gift?</th><th width="8%" class="tableClass">Date Donor Acquired</th><th width="12%" class="tableClass">Amount of Securities Acquired</th><th width="8%" class="tableClass">Date of Payment</th><th width="16%" class="tableClassLeft">Nature of Payment <b>*</b></th></tr><tr width="100%" class="tableClass"><td width="14%" class="tableClassRight">Common</td><td width="8%" class="tableClass">09/19/2024</td><td width="16%" class="tableClass">Stock Appreciation Rights</td><td width="14%" class="tableClass">Issuer</td><td width="4%" class="tableClass"><img src="https://cdn.kscope.io/box-unchecked.jpg" alt="Checkbox not checked"></td><td width="8%" class="tableClass"></td><td width="12%" class="tableClass">211099</td><td width="8%" class="tableClass">09/19/2024</td><td width="16%" class="tableClassLeft">Cash</td></tr></table><br><div class="information" style="text-align:justify"><b>*</b> If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid. </div><br></div><br><br><div class="information" style="text-align:justify"> Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. </div><h1>144: Securities Sold During The Past 3 Months</h1><div class="form1"><table role="presentation" class="tableClass" id="submissionInformation"><tr width="100%" class="tableClassWithBg"><th width="33%" class="tableClass">Name and Address of Seller</th><th width="33%" class="tableClass">Title of Securities Sold</th><th width="8%" class="tableClass">Date of Sale</th><th width="12%" class="tableClass">Amount of Securities Sold</th><th width="14%" class="tableClass">Gross Proceeds</th></tr><tr><td width="33%" class="tableClass">BRIAN R. NICCOL<br>610 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 1100<br>NEWPORT BEACH 聽 CA 聽 92660</td><td width="33%" class="tableClass">Common</td><td width="8%" class="tableClass">09/17/2024</td><td width="12%" class="tableClass">212222</td><td width="14%" class="tableClass">12431200.76</td></tr><tr><td width="33%" class="tableClass">BRIAN R. NICCOL<br>610 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 1100<br>NEWPORT BEACH 聽 CA 聽 92660</td><td width="33%" class="tableClass">Common</td><td width="8%" class="tableClass">09/16/2024</td><td width="12%" class="tableClass">112593</td><td width="14%" class="tableClass">6479479.45</td></tr><tr><td width="33%" class="tableClass">BRIAN R. NICCOL<br>610 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 1100<br>NEWPORT BEACH 聽 CA 聽 92660</td><td width="33%" class="tableClass">Common</td><td width="8%" class="tableClass">09/11/2024</td><td width="12%" class="tableClass">123374</td><td width="14%" class="tableClass">6792071.81</td></tr></table></div><h1>144: Remarks and Signature</h1><div class="form1"><table role="presentation" class="filingInformation" id="submissionInformation"><tr><td class="label">Remarks</td><td><div class="fakeBox"></div></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Date of Notice</td><td><div class="fakeBox">09/19/2024</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><h4><em>ATTENTION:</em></h4></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:justify"> The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date. </td></tr><tr><td class="label">Signature</td><td><div class="fakeBox">/s/ Brian Niccol</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><h4 style="text-align:center"><em>ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)</em></h4></td></tr></table></div></div> </body></html>