Company: UTZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-038342
Chunk: 95

Company: Utz Brands, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 95
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 business the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting that contains the information required by our Bylaws. Written notice must be received by our Corporate Secretary no earlier than December 25, 2025 and no later than January 24, 2026. In the event that our 2026 Annual Meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 70 days after April 24, 2026 (the anniversary date of the 2025 Annual Meeting), the written notice must be delivered or received no later than the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.

We reserve the right to decline to include in our proxy materials any stockholder’s proposal that does not comply with the rules of the SEC for inclusion therein. Any notice of director nomination submitted to the Company must include the information required by Rule 14a-19(b) under the Exchange Act. We will furnish copies of the applicable Bylaw provisions that set forth the requirements for a stockholder’s written notice upon written request to our Corporate Secretary at 900 High Street, Hanover, PA 17331, Attn: Corporate Secretary.

#### 2025Proxy Statement72
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT OUR ANNUAL MEETING

QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS ABOUT OUR ANNUAL MEETING

What is the purpose of the Annual Meeting?

Our 2025 Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

To elect four directors named herein to serve as the Class II directors on the Board until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified;

To vote on an advisory recommendation to the Board of Directors to approve executive compensation;

To ratify the selection by our Audit Committee of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2025; and

To consider such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

Who can vote at the Annual Meeting?

The close of business on March 4, 2025 has been fixed as the record date for the determination of our stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. We have two classes of common stock: Class A and Class V, each of which has one vote per share. The Class A Common Stock and Class V Common Stock generally vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, except as otherwise required by applicable law