Company: THS
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: PRER14A
Source: 0001320695-25-000014
Chunk: 24

Company: TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: PRER14A
Chunk 24
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 our stockholders approved the Declassification Amendment. 
 The Declassification Amendment, which will be phased in over a period of three years, does not shorten the existing terms of our directors.  Accordingly, a director who has been elected to a three-year term (including directors elected at the 2023 Annual Meeting) will complete that term. The Declassification Amendment means that, beginning with the 2026 Annual Meeting, the declassification of our Board will be complete and all directors would be subject to annual election for one-year terms.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 Currently, six directors serve in the 2025 Class (Mr. Oakland, Ms. Massman, Mr. DeWitt, Ms. Rahman, Mr. Scalzo and Mr. Tyler) and two directors serve in the 2026 Class (Mr. Ostfeld and Ms. Spence).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, there are six nominees to be considered for election to our Board of Directors: Mr. Oakland, Ms. Massman, Mr. DeWitt, Ms. Rahman, Mr. Scalzo and Mr. Tyler. If elected, these nominees will serve a one-year term. The nominees’ biographies below describe each candidate’s background and relevant experience in more detail.  As such, at the Annual Meeting, you will elect a total of six directors named in this Proxy Statement, subject to the provisions of the Company’s By-laws, to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |     |                                                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |     | THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES LISTED BELOW.           
 •STEVEN OAKLAND                                                                                                                     
 •LINDA K. MASSMAN                                                                                                                   
 •ADAM J. DEWITT                                                                                                                     
 •JILL A. RAHMAN                                                                                                                     
 •JOSEPH E. SCALZO                                                                                                                   
 •JASON J. TYLER                                                                                                                     
 Proxies solicited by the Board will be voted for the election of each Director nominee unless stockholders specify a contrary vote. |

#### 2025 Proxy StatementTreeHouse Foods, Inc.21
| Proposal One |

Once our Board is fully declassified, directors elected to fill vacancies and newly created seats on the Board