Company: UTZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-038342
Chunk: 28

Company: Utz Brands, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 28
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 of over 95%. Further, we had at least a 95% attendance rate of each of the committee members at each of the applicable committee meetings in fiscal year 2024.

Board Committees.Our Board has an Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, consisting of the following directors:

Audit Committee: Craig Steeneck (Chair), Roger Deromedi, Antonio Fernandez, and B. John Lindeman;

Compensation Committee: Jason Giordano (Chair), John Altmeyer, Roger Deromedi, and Pamela Stewart; and

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee: John Altmeyer (Chair), Timothy Brown, Christina Choi, and Jason Giordano.

All of the committee members are “independent” under the listing standards of the NYSE. Members will serve on these committees until their resignation or until as otherwise determined by our Board.

#### 2025 Proxy Statement25
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE§COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

Audit Committee.Craig Steeneck, Roger Deromedi, Antonio Fernandez and B. John Lindeman serve as members of our Audit Committee. Under the NYSE listing standards and applicable SEC rules, all the directors on the Audit Committee must be independent; our Board has determined that each of Messrs. Steeneck, Deromedi, Fernandez and Lindeman areindependent under the NYSE listing standards and applicable SEC rules. Mr. Steeneck serves as the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. Each member of the Audit Committee is financially literate and our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Steeneck qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules.

Our Audit Committee is responsible for, among other things:

Selecting a qualified firm to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit our financial statements;

Helping to ensure the independence and performance of the independent registered public accounting firm;

Discussing the scope and results of the audit with the independent registered public accounting firm and reviewing, with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, our interim and year-end financial statements;

Developing procedures for associates to submit concerns anonymously about questionable accounting or audit matters;

Reviewing and overseeing our policies on risk assessment and risk management, including enterprise risk management;

Reviewing related person transactions;

Oversight of the Company’s Cybersecurity program and risks;

Preparing the annual report of the Audit Committee required by the rules of the SEC;

Reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of internal control policies and