Company: UTZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-038342
Chunk: 91

Company: Utz Brands, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 91
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 our Audit Committee of Grant Thornton for our fiscal year ending December 28, 2025. Abstentions will not be counted as votes cast on this proposal. No broker non-votes are expected to exist in connection with this proposal. The Audit Committee annually reviews the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence, including reviewing all relationships between the independent registered public accounting firm and us and any disclosed relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and independence of the independent registered public accounting firm, and the independent registered public accounting firm’s performance. Although ratification is not required by our Bylaws or otherwise, the Board is submitting the selection of Grant Thornton to our stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If the selection is not ratified, the Audit Committee will consider whether it is appropriate to select another independent registered public accounting firm. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may select a different registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the committee determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders. Audit, Audit-Related, Tax an d All Other Fees Grant Thornton, which served as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023 provided audit and tax services to us during those fiscal years. The following table presents fees for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firms during fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024:

|                       |     | Fiscal Year 
 2023 ($)    |           |     | Fiscal Year 
 2024 ($)    |           |
| Audit Fees(1)         |     |             | 1,816,091 |     |             | 1,567,803 |
| Audit-Related Fees(2) |     |             |    43,000 |     |             |         — |
| Tax Fees(3)           |     |             |   513,065 |     |             |   559,511 |
| All Other Fees(4)     |     |             |         — |     |             |         — |
| Total                 |     |             | 2,372,156 |     |             | 2,127,314 |

(1) Audit Fees. Audit fees include for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, fees of $1,567,803 and $1,816,091, respectively