---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-038777"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTZ"
cik: "0001739566"
company_name: "Utz Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-28T19:59:05+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T20:00:10.348094+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Utz Brands' EVP & principal operating officer resigns; CEO to assume role

## Summary
- Mitchell Arends, EVP & Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer, resigns effective June 19, 2026 to join another public company.
- CEO Howard Friedman will assume principal operating officer role; executive team to oversee supply chain.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with Company's operations, policies, or practices.
- On May 28, 2026, Utz reaffirmed its FY 2026 financial outlook as stated in Q1 2026 earnings release (May 6, 2026).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-038777
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTZ
- cik: 0001739566
- company_name: Utz Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-28T19:59:05+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000162828026038777/0001628280-26-038777-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000162828026038777/utz-20260526.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-038777.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8d7ac493e6
  claim: Mitchell Arends resigned as EVP, Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer and principal operating officer at Utz Brands, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On May 26, 2026, Mitchell Arends, the EVP, Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer and principal operating officer of Utz Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) informed the Company of his intention to resign from his position at the Company, effective June 19, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000162828026038777/0001628280-26-038777-index.htm
- claim_id: d89dd94694
  claim: Howard Friedman changed role as Chief Executive Officer and principal operating officer at Utz Brands, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: Howard Friedman, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, will assume the additional role of principal operating officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000162828026038777/0001628280-26-038777-index.htm

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