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CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 4, 2026 (
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On November 3, 2026, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Flowers Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Shaun P. Mara and Ken A. Plunk as directors, effective November 18, 2026. Additionally, the Board appointed Messrs. Mara and Plunk to serve on the Audit Committee and Finance Committee of the Board. Messrs. Mara and Plunk were elected for a term expiring at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, at which time their continued Board service will be subject to renomination and shareholder approval.
The new directors will participate in the Company’s compensation program for non-employee directors as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2026. There are no arrangements or understandings between any of the new directors and any other person pursuant to which Messrs. Mara and Plunk were selected as directors. Additionally, Messrs. Mara and Plunk have no related party transactions with the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Effective November 18, 2026, with the election of the two new directors, the size of the Board will increase to ten members.
A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the election of Messrs. Mara and Plunk as directors is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press Release of Flowers Foods, Inc. dated November 4, 2026. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| FLOWERS FOODS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: November 4, 2026 | By: | /s/ D. Anthony Scaglione | ||||
| Name: | D. Anthony Scaglione | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||