Company: UTZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-038342
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Company: Utz Brands, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
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PROPOSAL NO. 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS § DIRECTORS OF UTZ BRANDS, INC.

#### 2025 Proxy Statement21
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF UTZ BRANDS, INC. EXECUTIVE OFFIC ERS OF UTZ BRANDS, INC. Our executive officers are elected annually and serve at the pleasure of the Board. The following sets forth the name, age as of the Record Date, position(s) with us and selected biographical information for our executive officers as of the Record Date. The biography of Mr. Friedman is provided above under “Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors.”

| NAME            |     | AGE |     | POSITION                                                          |
| Howard Friedman |     |  55 |     | Chief Executive Officer                                           |
| Mitch Arends    |     |  49 |     | Executive Vice President, Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer   |
| Jennifer Bentz  |     |  54 |     | Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer                 |
| Ajay Kataria    |     |  48 |     | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Accounting Officer  |
| Shannan Redcay  |     |  44 |     | Executive Vice President, Manufacturing                           |
| Mark Schreiber  |     |  61 |     | Executive Vice President, Sales and Chief Customer Officer        |
| Theresa Shea    |     |  52 |     | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
| James Sponaugle |     |  48 |     | Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer                    |
| Chad Whyte      |     |  49 |     | Executive Vice President, Supply Chain                            |

| Mitch ArendsAge: 49 |     | Mr. Arends serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer at Utz, having served in that role since November 2023. As EVP, Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer, he oversees all aspects of the supply chain, including operations, procurement, manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, planning, quality, and research & development. Mr. Arends joined Utz in November 2023, prior to which he served from September of 2021 to September of 2023 as the Chief Supply Chain Officer of North America at Kraft Heinz (Nasdaq: KHC), an American multinational food company. During Mr. Arends, 13 years at Kraft He