Company: THS
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001320695-25-000012
Chunk: 25

Company: TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 25
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 will serve for a term expiring at the next Annual Meeting, and while the declassification of our Board is being phased in, any director elected to a newly created seat on the Board will serve for the same term as the remainder of the class to which the director is elected.

As the Company invests in strengthening the foundation of our business, we are continuously enhancing our corporate governance practices to align with our strategy. We have brought fresh and diverse perspectives to the Board, as five highly qualified directors have been added to our Board since 2019. We believe that the Board possesses the appropriate mix of diversity in terms of age, gender, race, national origin, skills, experience, viewpoints and service on our Board and the boards of other organizations. Each director nominee has agreed to be named in this Proxy Statement, and to serve as a director if elected.

Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number than the number of nominees named. The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast is required to elect each director. In other words, the number of votes “for” a director must exceed the number of votes “against” a director in order to elect such director. For information regarding our resignation policy, see the section titled "Summary of the Annual Meeting — Resignation Policy" in this Proxy Statement.

#### Nomination of Directors
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for identifying individuals qualified to become Board members, consistent with the Director Criteria (as defined below) and recommending to the Board the nominees for election as directors. The Board is responsible for approving criteria for selecting directors (the “Director Criteria”). The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews and uses such criteria and the principles set forth in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines to guide its director selection process. On an annual basis, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews with the Board the requisite skills and criteria for new Board members as well as the composition of the Board as a whole. In considering potential candidates for election to the Board, including with respect to incumbent directors and stockholder recommended candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall consider, among other qualifications that it deems appropriate, the following:

| Candidates who have a reputation for integrity, honesty, and adherence to high ethical standards                                                                                  |     |                                                                              |     | Candidates who provide diversity of occupational and personal backgrounds to the Board, including diversity with respect to self-identified diversity characteristics such as gender, ethnicity and national origin, geography, age and sexual orientation |     | Candidates whose background and