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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001739566-21-000197"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTZ"
cik: "0001739566"
company_name: "Utz Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T02:30:52.228927+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Utz Brands appoints Pamela Stewart to Board of Directors; sets chairman cash retainer at $90k

## Summary
- Board increased from 10 to 11 members; Stewart appointed effective Jan 3, 2022, serving on Compensation Committee.
- Stewart is President, West Zone Operations, NA at Coca-Cola (20+ years); brings CPG and retailer experience.
- Stewart receives annual cash retainer of $75,000 and $125,000 in RSUs, prorated for first year.
- Director compensation amended: chairman cash retainer set at $90,000; previously undisclosed.
- Directors Deromedi and Giordano, who waived compensation in FY2020-21, will receive cash and equity from FY2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001739566-21-000197
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTZ
- cik: 0001739566
- company_name: Utz Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956621000197/0001739566-21-000197-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956621000197/utz-20211209.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Pamela Stewart was appointed as Director at Utz Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: approved, effective January 3, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), an increase in the number of members on the Board from ten (10) to eleven (11) members and appointed Pamela Stewart to fill the newly created vacancy
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956621000197/0001739566-21-000197-index.htm

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