---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001739566-23-000162"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTZ"
cik: "0001739566"
company_name: "Utz Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T22:18:00.951773+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Utz Brands principal accounting officer Eric Aumen resigns effective Jan 12, 2024

## Summary
- Eric Aumen, SVP & Chief Accounting Officer, resigns effective January 12, 2024.
- Aumen departs to become CAO at a publicly traded company in a different industry.
- No successor announced; CFO Ajay Kataria signed the 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001739566-23-000162
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTZ
- cik: 0001739566
- company_name: Utz Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956623000162/0001739566-23-000162-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956623000162/utz-20231120.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001739566-23-000162
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001739566-23-000162.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001739566-23-000162.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric Aumen resigned as Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer at Utz Brands, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On November 20, 2023, Eric Aumen, Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer of Utz Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) informed the Company of his intention to resign from his position at the Company, effective January 12, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739566/000173956623000162/0001739566-23-000162-index.htm

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