---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-253700"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLO"
cik: "0001128928"
company_name: "FLOWERS FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-02T20:44:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T20:45:18.038178+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowers Foods announces 2026 annual meeting results; all items passed

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; Sterling Spainhour received 130.3M for, 29.9M against.
- Say-on-pay proposal approved: 127.2M for, 23.5M against.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor: 183.3M for, 3.2M against.
- 2026 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan approved: 137.1M for, 21.8M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-253700
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLO
- cik: 0001128928
- company_name: FLOWERS FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-02T20:44:31+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526253700/0001193125-26-253700-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526253700/flo-20260529.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-253700.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1c034ffb010a2777dfe9e41ec8224df2487d883c
  claim: FLOWERS FOODS INC shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-29 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: (3) Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm: For 183,308,988 Against 3,174,835 Abstain 745,325 Broker Non-Votes 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526253700/0001193125-26-253700-index.htm
- claim_id: 29b6c4f911202e80f46aa5a25d6845d840cf94a8
  claim: FLOWERS FOODS INC shareholders approved Election of Nine Director-Nominees to Serve for One-Year Terms at the 2026-05-29 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 29, 2026, Flowers Foods, Inc. (the “Company”), held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders for the following purposes and with the following voting results: (1) Election of Nine Director-Nominees to Serve for One-Year Terms:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526253700/0001193125-26-253700-index.htm
- claim_id: 61cae79fa4d266df23eda800c10687e400f1cc42
  claim: FLOWERS FOODS INC shareholders approved Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Company’s Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2026-05-29 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: (2) Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Company’s Named Executive Officer Compensation: For 127,244,767 Against 23,492,424 Abstain 9,867,063 Broker Non-Votes 26,624,894
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526253700/0001193125-26-253700-index.htm
- claim_id: 695fa31c513be224838364089a48252bf70d1acb
  claim: FLOWERS FOODS INC shareholders approved Approval of the Flowers Foods, Inc. 2026 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan at the 2026-05-29 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: (4) Approval of the Flowers Foods, Inc. 2026 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan: For 137,124,283 Against 21,826,012 Abstain 1,653,959 Broker Non-Votes 26,624,894
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526253700/0001193125-26-253700-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.