Company: THS
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001320695-25-000030
Chunk: 14

Company: TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 14
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 of the Board are: Steven Oakland, Linda K. Massman, Adam J. DeWitt, Scott D. Ostfeld, Jill A. Rahman, Joseph E. Scalzo, Jean E. Spence and Jason J. Tyler. Every director on our Board other than Mr. Oakland is independent. We believe that the number of independent, experienced directors that make up our Board benefits our Company and our stockholders.

Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation currently provides for a board of directors comprised of three classes of directors, with staggered three-year terms. Our Board is currently divided among the two classes as follows:

• Our 2025 Class directors are Steven Oakland, Linda Massman, Adam DeWitt, Jill Rahman, Joseph Scalzo and Jason Tyler and their term will expire at the Annual Meeting. All of our 2025 Class directors are standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting.

• Our 2026 Class directors are Scott Ostfeld and Jean Spence, and their term will expire at the 2026 Annual Meeting.

In 2023 we continued to enhance our corporate governance profile, and our Board and stockholders approved an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to implement a phased declassification of our Board (the "Declassification Amendment"). Beginning with our Annual Meeting to be held in 2026, the declassification of our board of directors will be complete, and all directors will be subject to annual election for one-year terms.

#### Board Leadership
The Board does not have a fixed policy regarding the separation of the offices of Chair of the Board and CEO and believes that it should maintain the flexibility to select the Chair and its Board leadership structure, from time to time, based on the criteria that it deems to be in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders. In the event that circumstances facing the Company change, a different leadership structure may be in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders. For this reason, our Board evaluates issues that may be relevant to our leadership structure as part of our annual Board self-evaluation process, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee regularly reviews the Board's leadership structure and recommends changes to the Board, as appropriate. In the event the Chair of the Board is not an independent director, the Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Board will elect a Lead Independent Director. The Board welcomes and takes under consideration any input received from our stockholders regarding the Board’s leadership structure, and informs stockholders of any change in