0000899243-21-044197.txt : 20211110 0000899243-21-044197.hdr.sgml : 20211110 20211110205457 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899243-21-044197 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20211108 FILED AS OF DATE: 20211110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20211110 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Gernigin Michael CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001892958 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-37540 FILM NUMBER: 211398626 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7905 QUIVIRA CITY: LENEXA STATE: KS ZIP: 66215 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 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2021-11-08 0 0001644406 Hostess Brands, Inc. TWNK 0001892958 Gernigin Michael C/O HOSTESS BRANDS, INC. 7905 QUIVIRA ROAD LENEXA KS 66215 0 1 0 0 See Remarks Restricted Stock Units 2021-11-08 4 A 0 5371 0.00 A 21494 D Consists of a grant of restricted stock units under the Hostess Brands, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Equity Plan"). 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 November 8 of each of 2022, 2023 and 2024, assuming continued employment through the applicable vesting date. Consists of restricted stock units granted under the Equity Plan that remain subject to time-based vesting criteria. Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer & Interim Chief Financial Officer Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney /s/ Jolyn J. Sebree, Attorney-in-Fact 2021-11-10 EX-24.1 2 attachment1.htm EX-24.1 DOCUMENT


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



             KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, Michael J.
Gernigin, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jolyn Sebree and Robert Weber
and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:


             1.    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and
5 relating to the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Hostess Brands,
Inc. (the "Company") in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder;


             2.    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any
such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority, including NASDAQ;
and

             3.    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
his or her discretion.

             The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such
attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming that such attorney-
in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.

             This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 10th day of November, 2021.



                                            /s/ Michael J. Gernigin
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                                            Michael J. Gernigin






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