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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z Brands Holdings, LLC (“UBH”) with Collier Creek Holdings (“CCH”), a special purpose acquisition company, on August 28, 2020, at which time CCH changed its name to “Utz Brands, Inc.” In connection with the Closing of the Business Combination, we entered into an Investor Rights Agreement dated August 28, 2020 (as amended in 2021 and in 2024, the “Investor Rights Agreement”) with certain counterparties including: (a) the “Continuing Members” of UBH, consisting of Series U of UM Partners, LLC and Series R of UM Partners, LLC and (b) the “Founder Holders” consisting of certain founder members of Collier Creek Partners LLC (the “Sponsor” of CCH), which was dissolved in October 2020, and their family members (together with the Sponsor, the “Sponsor Parties”). We refer to the Investor Rights Agreement throughout this Proxy Statement. Please see “Related Party Transactions — Investor Rights Agreement” for additional details regarding the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement. As used in this Proxy Statement, unless otherwise noted or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “us,” “Utz,” and the “Company” and similar references refer to Utz Brands, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. Unless otherwise noted or unless the context otherwise requires, “CCH” or “Collier Creek” refers to Collier Creek Holdings prior to the consummation of the Business Combination. The term “Board” refers to our Board of Directors. On or about March 13, 2025, we will begin mailing to all stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting this Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy materials. Although not part of this Proxy Statement, we will also mail with this Proxy Statement our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2024, containing our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2024.

#### 2025 Proxy Statement11
Proposal No. 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS Our Board is divided into three classes, each serving staggered, three-year terms: ▪ Our Class I directors are John Altmeyer, Howard Friedman, Jason Giordano, and B. John Lindeman, and their current terms expire at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; ▪ Our Class II directors are Antonio Fernandez, Craig Steeneck, Pamela Stewart, and William Werzyn