Company: KHC
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000266
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Company: Kraft Heinz Co
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
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| 2025 Proxy Statement | 89 |

<div align='center'>AUDIT MATTERS</div>

| PROPOSAL3 |     | THE BOARD AND AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMEND A VOTEFORTHE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS KRAFT HEINZ’S INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR 2025. |

<div align='center'>The Audit Committee and the Board are requesting, as a matter of good corporate governance, that stockholders ratify the selection of PwC as our independent auditors for our fiscal year ended December 27, 2025. PwC has served as our independent auditors since 2015 and served as independent auditors to Heinz and its predecessors prior to the Kraft Heinz Merger since 1979. Following its review, the Audit Committee and the Board believe that the continued retention of PwC to serve as the Company’s independent auditors is in the best interests of Kraft Heinz and its stockholders for the following reasons:</div>

| Experience                                                                                                                      
 and Effectiveness                                                                                                               |     | Strong                                                                                                                    
 Independence Controls                                                                                                     |
| Valuable Expertise and Experience. PwC’s                                                                                        
 experience with the Company has given PwC valuable knowledge of our business and operations, accounting policies and practices, 
 and internal control over financial reporting that has enhanced the audit quality.                                              |     | Robust Pre-Approval Policies and Limits on                                                                                
 Non-Audit Services. The Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services performed by PwC,               
 including the types of services to be provided and the estimated fees relating to those services.                         |
| Audit Effectiveness and Fee Efficiency. PwC’s                                                                                   
 knowledge of our business and control framework enables it to design effective audit plans that cover key risk areas while      
 capturing cost efficiencies in audit scope and internal control testing.                                                        |     | Thorough Audit Committee Oversight. The                                                                                   
 Audit Committee believes that its oversight, which includes ongoing engagement with PwC and a comprehensive annual review 
 process, mitigates any concerns with PwC’s tenure.                                                                        |
| Maintaining Continuity Avoids Disruption. Bringing                                                                              
 on a new auditor, without reasonable cause, would require extensive education and a significant period of time for the new      
 auditor to reach a comparable level of knowledge and familiarity with our business and control framework.