utz-20210520

Delaware

001-38686

85-2751850

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

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Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

UTZ

New York Stock Exchange

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The 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Utz Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) was convened and immediately adjourned on May 6, 2021 to allow the Company’s stockholders sufficient time to review the amended annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2021. The adjourned Annual Meeting was reconvened on May 20, 2021.

Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on three proposals. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2021.

Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders representing 131,269,628 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock and Class V Common Stock (the “Common Stock”), representing approximately 95.93% of the eligible votes, constituting a quorum. A brief description and the final vote results for the proposals follow.

1.To elect three Class I directors on the Company’s Board of Directors until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified.


Nominee	Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
John W. Altmeyer	119,258,172	5,647,556	81,474	6,282,426
Jason K. Giordano	102,753,207	22,153,068	80,927	6,282,426
B. John Lindeman	124,790,771	114,537	81,894	6,282,426

As a result, each nominee was elected to serve as a director for a term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified.

2.To approve and adopt the Utz Brands, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
124,914,706	55,234	17,262	6,282,426

As a result, the Company’s stockholders approved and adopted the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

3.To ratify the selection by our audit committee of Grant Thornton, LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending January 2, 2022.

As a result, the Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Grant Thornton, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 2, 2022.

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.