---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001739566-23-000067"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTZ"
cik: "0001739566"
company_name: "Utz Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T17:12:45.191102+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders elect four Class III directors, approve executive pay, ratify Grant Thornton as auditor

## Summary
- Quorum of 135,893,484 shares (96.82%) present at May 4, 2023 Annual Meeting.
- Timothy Brown, Christina Choi, Roger Deromedi, Dylan Lissette elected as Class III directors for term to 2026.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 128,887,975 for, 389,170 against, 54,397 abstain.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for FY2023: 135,699,102 for, 174,582 against, 19,800 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001739566-23-000067
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTZ
- cik: 0001739566
- company_name: Utz Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-05T23:59:59+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/1739566/000173956623000067/0001739566-23-000067-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956623000067/utz-20230504.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Utz Brands, Inc. shareholders approved To vote on a non-binding, advisory resolution to approve executive compensation. at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 128,887,975 389,170 54,397 6,561,942
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956623000067/0001739566-23-000067-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Utz Brands, Inc. shareholders approved To ratify the selection by our Audit Committee of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 135,699,102 174,582 19,800
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956623000067/0001739566-23-000067-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Utz Brands, Inc. shareholders approved To elect four directors to serve as the Class III directors on the Company’s Board of Directors until the 2026 Annual Meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified. at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: Nominee Votes For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Timothy Brown 127,338,187 1,993,355 6,561,942 Christina Choi 112,325,267 17,006,275 6,561,942 Roger Deromedi 127,587,375 1,744,167 6,561,942 Dylan Lissette 127,146,183 2,185,359 6,561,942
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956623000067/0001739566-23-000067-index.htm

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