# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001644406
**File Stem:** 0001705604-23-000002
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 7597
**Document Hash:** 2af8dfce823c4c494866437cb3d6779f
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001705604-23-000002.hdr.sgml**: 20230119

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001705604-23-000002

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 4

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230117

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230119

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230119

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Riley Darryl Patrick
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001705604

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 4
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-37540
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23538428

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 EAST ARMOUR BOULEVARD
- **CITY:** KANSAS CITY
- **STATE:** MO
- **ZIP:** 64111
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Hostess Brands, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001644406
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** BAKERY PRODUCTS [2050]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7905 QUIVIRA ROAD
- **CITY:** LENEXA
- **STATE:** KS
- **ZIP:** 66215
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 816-701-4600

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7905 QUIVIRA ROAD
- **CITY:** LENEXA
- **STATE:** KS
- **ZIP:** 66215

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Gores Holdings, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20150608

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 4

### STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

[ ] Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

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| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Riley Darryl Patrick<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>C/O HOSTESS BRANDS, INC.<br>7905 QUIVIRA ROAD<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>LENEXA, KS 66215<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2023-01-17 | **5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_See Remarks_ |
| **2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>Hostess Brands, Inc. [ TWNK ] | **4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Restricted Stock Units<sup>(1)</sup> | 2023-01-17 |  | A |  | 7102 | A | $0 | 7102 | D |  |
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share<sup>(2)</sup> | 2023-01-17 |  | A |  | 14286 | A | $0 | 54224 | D |  |
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share<sup>(3)</sup> | 2023-01-19 |  | F |  | 5756 | D | $22.99 | 48468 | D |  |
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share<sup>(4)</sup> | 2023-01-19 |  | F |  | 1642 | D | $22.93 | 50502 | D |  |
| Restricted Stock Units<sup>(5)</sup> |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10913 | D |  |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
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### Footnotes:

(1) Consists of a grant of restricted stock units. Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, upon vesting, one share of Class A common stock. These restricted stock units will vest in equal or nearly equal installments on January 17 of each 2024, 2025, and 2026, assuming continued employment through the applicable vesting date.

(2) Represents shares acquired by the reporting person upon the achievement of performance measures under performance share units ("PSUs") granted under the Amended and Restated Hostess Brands, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan.

(3) On January 17, 2023, Hostess Brands, Inc. (the "Company") withheld 5,756 shares of Class A common stock to satisfy withholding taxes due in connection with the vesting of the PSUs referred to above. Such shares had a market value of $22.99 per share, the closing price of the Class A common stock on January 17, 2023, the date the Company's Talent & Compensation Committee certified the performance results.

(4) On January 19, 2023, the Company withheld 1,642 shares of Class A Common Stock to satisfy withholding taxes due in connection with the vesting of shares of Class A common stock underlying two awards of restricted stock units previously granted to the reporting person. Such shares had a market value of $22.93 per share, the closing price of the Class A common stock on January 13, 2023, the last trading date prior to vesting.

(5) Consists of previously disclosed restricted stock units that remained subject to time-based vesting criteria.

**Remarks:**
Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer

**Signature:** /s/ Jolyn J Sebree, Attorney-in-Fact  
**Date:** 2023-01-19

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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