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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-221855"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLO"
cik: "0001128928"
company_name: "FLOWERS FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2025-09-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:21:45.601417+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowers Foods elects Sterling A. Spainhour to board; effective Oct 1, 2025

## Summary
- Spainhour is EVP and chief legal officer of Southern Company; will serve on Audit and Finance Committees.
- Board expands to twelve members; Spainhour's term expires at the 2026 Annual Meeting.
- Spainhour brings M&A and corporate governance expertise from Jones Day and CNN.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-221855
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLO
- cik: 0001128928
- company_name: FLOWERS FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2025-09-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312525221855/0001193125-25-221855-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312525221855/d25185d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-221855
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-221855.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-221855.txt

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